Built in Martin County. Building for Florida.
Powered by Community. Supporting Kids.
We turn everyday community generosity into clothing, essentials, and dignity for Florida children in foster care, kinship homes, and families navigating crisis.
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The Collective Kids Closet, our nonprofit storefront program, opens in Martin County in 2027. The items you donate today go to work now: goods received are prioritized for our 501(c)(3) partner organizations meeting a child's need, and the rest will fill the Closet.
Why it matters
The need is local, and it is real
Behind every number is a child in Martin County who needs the basics handled with care.
- child-maltreatment reports in Martin County in a single year
- 1,319child-maltreatment reports in Martin County in a single year
- local children (under 18) live in poverty
- nearly 1 in 6local children (under 18) live in poverty
- removed children placed with relatives (kinship caregivers), the least-funded in the system
- 6 in 10removed children placed with relatives (kinship caregivers), the least-funded in the system
- children served in foster care
- 115children served in foster care
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS); AFCARS/NCANDS FFY2022; FL Dept. of Health CHARTS; CCKids 2024 Annual Report. See sources & methodology →
The model
The giving cycle
Our community's generosity funds local programs, and the proceeds cycle right back to the neighbors who gave.
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You give
Donate quality kids' goods or funds through a transparent local channel.
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We steward
Everything you give is held to one standard. Then one of two things happens.
- Straight to a partner. When one of our 501(c)(3) partners has a child who needs something now, the goods are contributed directly to them.
- Fills the Closet. Everything else stocks the Collective Kids Closet, providing affordable goods for all families throughout the community.
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Programs get funded
Proceeds become grants to local programs serving kids in foster care, kinship homes, and crisis.
Trusted Giving
What we collect
Quality kids' goods, ready for a second home.
Founding Partners
Help us build the foundation
Every lasting effort starts with people who believe early. Founding partners are the businesses, schools, congregations, and neighbors helping launch The Children's Collective, and there's room for you.
Want to help?
This is powered by neighbors, businesses, schools, and congregations choosing to show up for local kids, collectively. Host a donation bin, run a goods drive, sponsor our first season, or simply spread the word. There's a place for you in the collective.
If I wouldn't give it to my child, or the children closest to my heart, we won't pass it along. The proceeds are reinvested right here in our community, supporting local children in foster care, kinship homes, crisis, and mentoring. We'll show you exactly where it goes.
Trust, in writing
Where everything you give goes
We're a new organization, so we put our commitments in writing from day one, and we'll report against them starting with our first season.
See exactly where it goes →We honor what you give.
Local dollars stay local.
We'll show you where it goes.
Stay close
Follow our launch.
Be the first to know when Collective Kids Closet opens its doors in Martin County.
Volunteer service is in development. Follow our launch to hear when it opens.
Right now, the fastest way to help is to meet a local need. Donate the quality kids' items your family has outgrown. Goods received are prioritized for our 501(c)(3) partner organizations, and the rest will fill the Collective Kids Closet.