Familia Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 In the USA, please share an organization who would benefit from gently used college and high school texts. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 I have repeatedly offered used college texts on this forum and have sent free textbooks to over 30 board members. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Familia Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 That is a splendid idea for our high school texts! The college texts need to benefit a charitable organization as a scholarship 'pass it on' policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 I have had a hard time finding a charitable organization that will take college texts. The best I have found is if your local library will take them for an upcoming book sale or donate them to Goodwill. This site has some ideas of places to donate books: http://libguides.ala.org/book-donations 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch at Home Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Better World Books has a donation box at our local community college. The proceeds from the books are to go back to the college. I checked the box a couple of weeks after dropping the books off. All of the college textbooks were gone though a couple of the high school textbooks were still in the box. I don't know if the students scavenged them or Better World picked them up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 13 minutes ago, Arch at Home said: Better World Books has a donation box at our local community college. The proceeds from the books are to go back to the college. I checked the box a couple of weeks after dropping the books off. All of the college textbooks were gone though a couple of the high school textbooks were still in the box. I don't know if the students scavenged them or Better World picked them up. If the requirement is that the books be donated to a 501c3, Better World Books is not a 501c3. In fact, it is a for-profit organization. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 7 hours ago, jdahlquist said: If the requirement is that the books be donated to a 501c3, Better World Books is not a 501c3. In fact, it is a for-profit organization. Yep. This irritated the head of our Library Friends group to no end. We were selling books for a few dollars and putting the money into library programs. They were getting books for free and selling them for much more than we would have, then keeping most of the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Some of our colleges habe had groups that help various student populations (minority, native Hawaiian, first gen college, veteran). A group like this might welcome current textbooks. For older textbooks see if you can find a group sending academic books to an overseas college setting. However I would watch the age of the textbook. Some would be too old to be usable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Sebastian (a lady) said: Yep. This irritated the head of our Library Friends group to no end. We were selling books for a few dollars and putting the money into library programs. They were getting books for free and selling them for much more than we would have, then keeping most of the money. Better World Books has books given to them for free. They take title of these books. Some they sell, which results in profits. Some they donate, which because they are donating their property, results in a tax deduction for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch at Home Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 8 hours ago, jdahlquist said: Better World Books has books given to them for free. They take title of these books. Some they sell, which results in profits. Some they donate, which because they are donating their property, results in a tax deduction for them! I would prefer that they go to a non-for-profit but if our CC gets something for them, the books get used, they are easy for me to donate, I am good. I have to make decluttering easy or it doesn’t happen. That said, I understand how this doesn’t work for all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch at Home Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 8 hours ago, jdahlquist said: Better World Books has books given to them for free. They take title of these books. Some they sell, which results in profits. Some they donate, which because they are donating their property, results in a tax deduction for them! I would prefer that they go to a non-for-profit but if our CC gets something for them, the books get used, they are easy for me to donate, I am good. I have to make decluttering easy or it doesn’t happen. That said, I understand how this doesn’t work for all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 5 hours ago, Arch at Home said: I would prefer that they go to a non-for-profit but if our CC gets something for them, the books get used, they are easy for me to donate, I am good. I have to make decluttering easy or it doesn’t happen. That said, I understand how this doesn’t work for all. I am curious regarding the arrangement that the CC has for getting something for the books. I have looked at Better World Books and cannot find anything specific about how these relationships work. There is wording like "your donation 'may' help" and "we give a lot of money away" but I can't find any way of knowing how much this is actually happening. I am asking because I have found myself in a similar position as the OP, in that I am in an organization that has about 400 books that need to be used for its charitable purposes and I am having a difficult time finding outlets that meet our requirements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 On 5/9/2018 at 1:33 PM, jdahlquist said: I am asking because I have found myself in a similar position as the OP, in that I am in an organization that has about 400 books that need to be used for its charitable purposes and I am having a difficult time finding outlets that meet our requirements. Would a not for profit college not qualify as recipient? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 15 hours ago, regentrude said: Would a not for profit college not qualify as recipient? Yes, any not-for-profit college would qualify, if it is really going to the college as the recipient, such as to the college library. They cannot go to an individual professor or student. Finding universities with a process to take them and that are willing to take them has been difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Boise State has a Veterans Office that supports vets at the school as well as family members using GI Bill benefits. One thing they offer is a textbook loan program. Some ROTC units have a similar loan program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Can the scholarship recipient not sell the book back to the bookstore and donate the cash, instead? That would seem easier. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Familia Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 1 hour ago, plansrme said: Can the scholarship recipient not sell the book back to the bookstore and donate the cash, instead? That would seem easier. Excellent idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Some Goodwills operate online bookstores. Maybe that would work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 On 5/7/2018 at 7:37 PM, Familia said: That is a splendid idea for our high school texts! The college texts need to benefit a charitable organization as a scholarship 'pass it on' policy. Many homeschool organizations are official non-profits, even smaller ones. And many high school students use college textbooks, or it could also help them in their first year of college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Familia Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 Freshmen at our son's college just began a textbook exchange cafe as a leadership development project. So, our son has chosen to sell the textbooks he can, donating the proceeds to the scholarship fund itself, then donate the remainder of the books to the book cafe. He took a little bit from many of your collective suggestions and put them together - Thank you! With this, he is pleased to help the flagship book cafe get a footing, helping students in two ways. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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