How is the Honor Roll picked?
By our donors. Nominate a 501(c)(3) and we add it to the list. We do a basic check that each nomination is a verifiable 501(c)(3) doing real work in the community, and every nomination that checks out goes on the Honor Roll.
How is the disbursement calculated?
At year-end, we disburse 100% of our net rental profits, split across the Honor Roll. "Net" means what's left after operating costs like shipping, dry cleaning, payment processing, and hosting. We publish the total in our annual report. We don't project amounts in advance.
Can my own charity nominate itself?
Yes. Self-nomination is welcome and you don't need to dress it up. It helps our basic check if you include specific, recent program details and at least one external reference (a donor, a partner organization, a media mention) we can look at.
How do the free rentals for community honorees work?
Honor Roll charities give out community awards every year: volunteer of the year, donor recognition, a community changemaker, a long-service medal. When they tell us who's being recognized, we offer that person any piece in our catalog, free, for the night they're being celebrated. The charity sends us a short list ahead of the event, the honoree gets a private booking link, and we ship it. They cover their own return shipping.
Can the same charity be on the Honor Roll multiple years?
Yes. Nothing drops off the list because it was on it last year, and there's no anti-repeat rule. A charity stays as long as our donors keep nominating it.
How will I see where the money actually went?
We publish a simple year-end report on this page: total rental net profit, the amount sent to each charity on the list, dates the checks cleared. As a 501(c)(3) we file Form 990 annually and that's public on Guidestar. If we say it, you can verify it.
I'm a donor. Does my donation go to a specific honoree?
Profit pools and gets disbursed annually across the full Honor Roll, so your individual donation isn't earmarked to one charity. If you want every dollar to go to a single 501(c)(3), the cleanest path is to give to that charity directly. What we offer instead is a way to keep designer pieces out of landfills, rent them out year after year, and split the profits across every charity on the Honor Roll, again and again, from the same dress.