Children's clothing and gear donation values

Compare published donation ranges, check the condition, and keep a record of the source.

A wooden crib and a small chair

What the guides say.

Each column belongs to a different publisher. These are published donor guidelines, not observed resale prices. A blank means that guide does not list the item.

ItemGoodwill Northern New England valuation listDonation valuation list published at tchabitat.orgThrift Store Valuation GuideValuation Guide for Goodwill DonorsSalvation Army national valuation list
Carriagenot listednot listednot listednot listed$5–$1001
Children's T-shirtnot listednot listednot listed$0.50–$32not listed
Children's athletic shoesnot listednot listednot listed$2–$63$3–$94
Children's blazernot listednot listednot listed$2–$65not listed
Children's blousenot listednot listednot listednot listed$2–$86
Children's bootsnot listednot listednot listed$2–$67$3–$218
Children's casual pantsnot listednot listed$1.50–$59$1–$610$3–$1211
Children's cloth beltnot listednot listednot listed$0.50–$1.5012not listed
Children's coatnot listednot listed$4–$713$3–$1514$5–$2115
Children's dress pantsnot listednot listednot listed$1–$616$2–$817
Children's everyday dressnot listednot listed$1–$518$2–$619$4–$1220
Children's jacketnot listednot listednot listednot listed$3–$2621
Children's jeansnot listednot listednot listed$2–$1022$4–$1223
Children's leather beltnot listednot listednot listed$3–$924not listed
Children's nightgownnot listednot listednot listed$1–$625not listed
Children's pajamasnot listednot listednot listed$1–$626not listed
Children's robenot listednot listednot listed$1–$627not listed
Children's sandalsnot listednot listednot listed$2–$628not listed
Children's shirtnot listednot listed$1.50–$59$1–$629$2–$630
Children's shortsnot listednot listednot listed$0.50–$631not listed
Children's skirtnot listednot listednot listed$1–$632$2–$633
Children's snowsuitnot listednot listednot listednot listed$4–$2034
Children's socksnot listednot listednot listednot listed$0.50–$235
Children's sport coatnot listednot listednot listed$2–$636not listed
Children's sweat bottomsnot listednot listednot listed$1–$637not listed
Children's sweat topnot listednot listednot listed$1–$638not listed
Children's sweaternot listednot listednot listed$1–$639$3–$840
Children's swimsuitnot listednot listednot listed$1–$641not listed
Children's tank topnot listednot listednot listed$0.50–$342not listed
Children's underwearnot listednot listednot listednot listed$1–$443
Children's vestnot listednot listednot listed$1–$344not listed
Cribnot listednot listednot listednot listed$26–$10445
High chairnot listednot listednot listednot listed$10–$5246
Playpennot listednot listednot listednot listed$4–$3147

Compare at a glance.

A selection from the table above. Open the additional comparisons for every listed item.

Ranges for Children's athletic shoes; Children's boots; Children's casual pants; Children's coat; Children's dress pants; Children's everyday dress. Guides: Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors; Salvation Army national valuation list. Axis: USD.Children's athletic shoesChildren's bootsChildren's casual pantsChildren's coatChildren's dress pantsChildren's everyday dressUSD
  • Thrift Store Valuation Guide
  • Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors
  • Salvation Army national valuation list

0$218

More item comparisons
Ranges for Children's jeans; Children's shirt; Children's skirt; Children's sweater. Guides: Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors; Salvation Army national valuation list. Axis: USD.Children's jeansChildren's shirtChildren's skirtChildren's sweaterUSD
  • Thrift Store Valuation Guide
  • Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors
  • Salvation Army national valuation list

0$1223

Individual ranges and gaps in guide coverage

Children's athletic shoes

Ranges for Children's athletic shoes. Listed by Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors; Salvation Army national valuation list. Not listed by Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org. Axis: USD.USD
  • Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors $2–$63
  • Salvation Army national valuation list $3–$94

0$94

Not listed: Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org

Children's boots

Ranges for Children's boots. Listed by Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors; Salvation Army national valuation list. Not listed by Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org. Axis: USD.USD
  • Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors $2–$67
  • Salvation Army national valuation list $3–$218

0$218

Not listed: Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org

Children's casual pants

Ranges for Children's casual pants. Listed by Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors; Salvation Army national valuation list. Not listed by Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org. Axis: USD.USD
  • Thrift Store Valuation Guide $1.50–$59
  • Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors $1–$610
  • Salvation Army national valuation list $3–$1211

0$1211

Not listed: Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org

Children's coat

Ranges for Children's coat. Listed by Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors; Salvation Army national valuation list. Not listed by Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org. Axis: USD.USD
  • Thrift Store Valuation Guide $4–$713
  • Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors $3–$1514
  • Salvation Army national valuation list $5–$2115

0$2115

Not listed: Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org

Children's dress pants

Ranges for Children's dress pants. Listed by Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors; Salvation Army national valuation list. Not listed by Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org. Axis: USD.USD
  • Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors $1–$616
  • Salvation Army national valuation list $2–$817

0$817

Not listed: Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org

Children's everyday dress

Ranges for Children's everyday dress. Listed by Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors; Salvation Army national valuation list. Not listed by Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org. Axis: USD.USD
  • Thrift Store Valuation Guide $1–$518
  • Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors $2–$619
  • Salvation Army national valuation list $4–$1220

0$1220

Not listed: Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org

Children's jeans

Ranges for Children's jeans. Listed by Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors; Salvation Army national valuation list. Not listed by Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org. Axis: USD.USD
  • Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors $2–$1022
  • Salvation Army national valuation list $4–$1223

0$1223

Not listed: Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org

Children's shirt

Ranges for Children's shirt. Listed by Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors; Salvation Army national valuation list. Not listed by Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org. Axis: USD.USD
  • Thrift Store Valuation Guide $1.50–$59
  • Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors $1–$629
  • Salvation Army national valuation list $2–$630

0$629

Not listed: Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org

Children's skirt

Ranges for Children's skirt. Listed by Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors; Salvation Army national valuation list. Not listed by Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org. Axis: USD.USD
  • Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors $1–$632
  • Salvation Army national valuation list $2–$633

0$632

Not listed: Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org

Children's sweater

Ranges for Children's sweater. Listed by Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors; Salvation Army national valuation list. Not listed by Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org. Axis: USD.USD
  • Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors $1–$639
  • Salvation Army national valuation list $3–$840

0$840

Not listed: Thrift Store Valuation Guide; Goodwill Northern New England valuation list; Donation valuation list published at tchabitat.org

The IRS allows no deduction for clothing or household items below good used condition, unless a single item is claimed at more than $50048 with a qualified appraisal included with the return.

Make a donation list.

Add the items you plan to give. Your list stays in this browser; download a copy for your own records.

Children's clothes and children's gear are on one hub because the guides mix them, and the IRS sentences do not. Clothing uses You cannot take an income tax charitable contribution deduction for an item of clothing unless it is in good used condition or better.49 A crib, a high chair, a playpen and a carriage are household items, so they use You cannot take an income tax charitable contribution deduction for household items unless they are in good used condition or better.50 Both classes are on this page, which is why the condition paragraph under the table appears. It drops a below-good clothing row and a below-good household row. It does not invent a third rule for a missing wheel.

The coat is the widest high-end gap among children's types that three guides price. The Salvation Army national list, undated, retrieved 2026-11-12, prints $5–$2115. Goodwill Industries International, dated January 12, 2011, prints $3–$1514. The list published at ccmaine.org on July 19, 2012 prints $4–$713. That label is Kids, under an outerwear heading. Pants are the same pattern. Salvation Army $3–$1211. Goodwill Industries International $1–$610. The ccmaine.org label is again Kids, $1.50–$59, under bottoms. An everyday dress is $4–$1220, $2–$619 and $1–$518. A shirt is $2–$630 and $1–$629, plus the ccmaine.org Kids row $1.50–$59.

Gear is Salvation Army only. A crib, label including a mattress, is $26–$10445. A high chair is $10–$5246. A carriage is $5–$1001. A playpen is $4–$3147. The other guides do not list them. Those cells stay not listed. Do not paste the crib span onto a stroller the list does not name.

The list published at tchabitat.org does not price this category. Goodwill Northern New England is dated February 3, 2025, and its rows are not copied. 30%51 of a price you type is for an item that is not an item type. A crib is an item type.

Condition for clothes is stains, missing snaps, elastic that is done, a zipper that does not close. For gear it is a missing mattress, a cracked tray, a wheel that is gone. Brand is not a column. Age, for clothes, is whether it still fits, and the lists do not print sizes. For a crib, age is whether the hardware is complete. The Salvation Army crib label is the one that names a mattress. A crib without one is still that row. This page does not subtract a mattress price the guide never printed.

Children's clothing shares the Clothing similar group with Men's clothing and Women's clothing. Gear is Children's gear, a separate group. An appraisal notice follows the group, over $5,00052, and the wording is on IRS rules for donated household items.

Donate with the calculator. A store can refuse a crib it will not inspect. That policy is not in the list. A private sale is not priced here. surplus auction prices is government surplus, not a child's coat.

donation value guides compared compares the lists. methodology is the rule for a number. sources has the terms notes.

Not tax advice. These are the value ranges the named charities publish for donors, not prices we observed; the IRS standard is fair market value (Publication 561).

Sources

  1. Carriage, $5–$100. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  2. T-shirts, $0.50–$3. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  3. Shoe/tennis, $2–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  4. Shoes, $3–$9. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  5. Blazer, $2–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  6. Blouse, $2–$8. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  7. Boots (ankle), $2–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  8. Boots, $3–$21. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  9. Kids, $1.50–$5. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  10. Casual, $1–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  11. Pants, $3–$12. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  12. Cloth/plastic, $0.50–$1.50. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  13. Kids, $4–$7. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  14. Coat, $3–$15. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  15. Coat, $5–$21. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  16. Dress, $1–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  17. Slacks, $2–$8. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  18. Kids, $1–$5. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  19. Everyday, $2–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  20. Dress, $4–$12. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  21. Jacket, $3–$26. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  22. Jeans, $2–$10. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  23. Jeans, $4–$12. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  24. Leather, $3–$9. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  25. Nightgown, $1–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  26. Pajama, $1–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  27. Robe, $1–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  28. Sandal/slipper, $2–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  29. Shirts/blouses, $1–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  30. Shirt, $2–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  31. Shorts, $0.50–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  32. Skirts, $1–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  33. Skirt, $2–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  34. Snowsuit, $4–$20. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  35. Socks, $0.50–$2. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  36. Sports coat, $2–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  37. Bottom, $1–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  38. Top, $1–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  39. Sweaters, $1–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  40. Sweater, $3–$8. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  41. One- and two-piece, $1–$6. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  42. Tanks, $0.50–$3. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  43. Underwear, $1–$4. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  44. Vests, $1–$3. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  45. Crib (w/mattress), $26–$104. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  46. High Chair, $10–$52. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  47. Playpen, $4–$31. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  48. You must file Form 8283, Section B, if you are contributing a single article of clothing or household item that is not in good used condition or better and for which you are claiming a deduction of over $500.. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  49. You cannot take an income tax charitable contribution deduction for an item of clothing unless it is in good used condition or better.. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  50. You cannot take an income tax charitable contribution deduction for household items unless they are in good used condition or better.. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  51. To determine the fair market value of an item not on this list, use 30% of the item’s original price.. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  52. Include in Section B only items (or groups of similar items) for which you claimed a deduction of more than $5,000.. Retrieved November 12, 2026.

A little more worth knowing.

New guides, useful updates, and more ways to put everyday things to use.