Bedding and linen donation values

A quilt is the type where three copied guides sit farthest apart at the high end. The Salvation Army national list, undated, retrieved 2026-11-12, prints $3–$25¹⁰. The label is bedspread and quilt. Goodwill Industries International, dated January 12, 2011, prints $8–$24⁹. The list published at ccmaine.org on July 19, 2012 prints $5–$20⁸. The labels are not identical. One pairs bedspread with quilt, one says quilts and comforters, and one says quilts and bed spreads. The table does not merge them into a bedspread price.

Sheets are the same three lists and a smaller gap. Salvation Army $2–$8¹³. Goodwill Industries International $2–$6¹², and that label also names dust ruffles and mattress pads. The ccmaine.org list prints $3–$10¹¹. A blanket is $3–$16³, $2–$15² and $3–$15¹. Drapes are two lists: $7–$41⁶ and $5–$35⁵. A towel is Salvation Army only, $0.50–$4¹⁶. A pillow is the same, $2–$8⁷.

The list published at tchabitat.org does not price these types. Goodwill Northern New England is dated February 3, 2025, and its rows are not copied. Empty cells stay not listed. The percent rule, 30%¹⁸ of a price you type, applies when the item is not an item type. A towel is an item type. The other guides do not inherit the Salvation Army span.

Condition is stains, thin spots, elastic that has given up, and a set that is no longer complete. A flat sheet without the fitted sheet is still the sheet row. The lists do not print a per-piece count you can multiply. Brand is not a column. A maker's hem tag does not move the cell. Age is not a column. The lists do not say which end of a quilt span is the newer one, or the handmade one.

Publication 561 says You cannot take an income tax charitable contribution deduction for household items unless they are in good used condition or better.¹⁹ Linens are household items under Household items include furniture, furnishings, electronics, appliances, linens, and similar items.²⁰. The paragraph under the table is the condition rule. Clothing has a separate sentence, and it is not the one that files a blanket.

Donate with the calculator. A charity may still refuse linens it does not want. That policy is not in the valuation list. Selling a quilt privately is not priced here. The span is what the publisher printed for donors, not money that changed hands. surplus auction prices is government surplus and is the wrong channel for a sheet.

IRS rules for donated household items has the thresholds. donation value guides compared compares the lists. methodology is which figures are allowed. sources has the retrieval notes. Related pages are Furniture, Women's clothing and Children's clothing and gear.