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Over 30,000 items delivered to charities

Shortage is a place where you can easily donate requested goods to the nonprofits you trust.

Our team believes that the “in-kind” donation of goods gives donors a better understanding of real needs and provides more agency and control over donations. In addition, it allows donors to build a stronger connection with the nonprofits they support.

Our platform provides you a receipt for a tax deduction and a photo/video from the nonprofit that you can share on social media.

Our Principles

Transparency

The platform allows donors to track the progress of their donations and see when they are delivered to the nonprofit. This can help to increase trust and confidence in the donation process.

Direct Impact

By using the platform, donors can directly impact the nonprofit organizations and communities that they care about, and see the impact of their donations first-hand.

Efficiency

The platform streamlines the donation process, making it easier for nonprofit organizations to receive and manage donations, which can help them to focus on their core missions and goals.

Convenience

The Shortage platform allows donors to easily browse and select items that they would like to donate, as well as choose the nonprofit organization that they would like to support.

Tax Benefits

The platform generates tax-deductible receipts for donors, which can help them to save money on their taxes.

How It Works

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Step 1 – Nonprofit organization posts what's required

Each participating nonprofit organization has a unique page with a list of requested items on the Shortage platform

Step 2 – The website visitors decide how to help

Donors check the requested list of items on the site and select what they would like to buy/send to the nonprofit(s) of their choice

Step 3 – Shortage routes the donations

Our moderators manage and send the donations directly to the nonprofit’s office/warehouse

Step 4 – The nonprofit reports on delivery

The nonprofit receives the donation and uploads a photo of the delivery for the donor to share on their personal social media

Step 5 – Donors get tax deduction

The platform generates a tax deductible receipt and sends it to the donor's email inbox

Our Story

30,000 goods sent to Ukraine in 2022

For the Shortage team, the platform is a personal mission that began as shortageua.com, an initiative founded by Ukrainian marketing and tech professionals. The team utilized their professional skills to provide essential supplies to Ukraine after the start of the war in February 2022.

The platform was launched with a volunteer team just one month later and has since helped to organize logistics for informal networks and enable people from around the world to easily donate tangible goods to Ukraine. To date, individuals from all over the globe have sent over 30,000 needed supplies to Ukraine.

We received a ton of positive feedback from donors, which motivated the initial team to start work on a product that could be scaled beyond helping Ukrainian families.