ClothingShoeDrive.com

What ClothingShoeDrive.com does

ClothingShoeDrive.com, operated by Ameritex Industries Corporation, is a privately held, family-owned textile collection business headquartered in Princeton Junction, New Jersey, founded approximately in 1989. The company organizes clothing, shoe, and linen fundraising drives on behalf of schools, sports teams, clubs, nonprofits, and businesses across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Staten Island, New York. Its service offerings span three modalities: scheduled drive-based pickup events, an ongoing container placement program, and a contactless drop-off service at its Princeton Junction facility.

The core business model is per-pound fundraising. ClothingShoeDrive.com pays designated participating organizations a fixed amount per pound of gently used textiles collected, then aggregates and resells those goods through domestic and international processors that serve low-income and emerging markets. Under the container placement program, the company supplies and services permanent collection bins at partner sites, with named institutional beneficiaries including the American Cancer Fund, Rotary International, and Eden Autism. Drop-off participants use the Princeton Junction facility for contactless, scheduled textile delivery.

The company has operated for over 35 years with a stated employee base of 1 to 10 people, indicating a lean, regional operating model. There is no evidence of proprietary technology, software platform, or AI/ML components underlying the business; logistics is truck-based and operational longevity is the primary asset. Competitive positioning rests on geographic coverage across three Northeast markets, long-standing community and nonprofit relationships, and the durable per-pound fundraising model rather than on any technology differentiation.

Name

ClothingShoeDrive.com

Legal name

Ameritex Industries Corporation

Website

https://clothingshoedrive.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ClothingShoeDrive.com, operated by Ameritex Industries Corporation, runs clothing, shoe, and linen fundraising drives for schools, teams, clubs, and nonprofits across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Staten Island NY. The Princeton Junction, NJ-based company pays organizations per pound collected and resells the textiles domestically and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Textile Recycling and Fundraising Services

SIC

Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130)

akta.pro primary industry

Post-Consumer Textile Collection & Sorting (Take-Back/Charity/Reverse Logistics) (IMAOAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Textile & Apparel Sorting/Recovery Facilities (EUAIADAJ), Donation, Resale & Textile Recycling Coordination (HSAFABAI)

Keywords

• Textile recycling services
• Clothing fundraising programs
• Used clothing collection
• Community fundraising drives
• Textile resale operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Princeton Junction

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Clothing collection and resale: Ameritex operates as a for-profit corporation that collects gently used clothing, shoes, and linens from fundraising drives. They purchase these items from organizations at a rate per pound, then resell the collected textiles domestically and internationally to low-income areas. The company monetizes by selling the collected goods at economical prices, retaining the proceeds from the sale of Clothing Bags.
2. Container placement program: Organizations host clothing collection containers on their premises. Ameritex provides weekly service, maintenance, and monthly payments to host organizations, generating recurring revenue from ongoing textile collection and resale.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ClothingShoeDrive.com operates a textile collection and resale fundraising platform that picks up gently used clothing, shoes, apparel, and linens from schools, teams, clubs, and nonprofit organizations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Staten Island NY. The company pays host organizations per pound of clothing collected and then resells the collected textiles domestically and internationally to low-income areas, generating revenue from the resale proceeds.

Product overview

ClothingShoeDrive.com by Ameritex Industries offers a unified fundraising platform centered on textile collection. The core offering combines a Clothing & Shoe Drive fundraising program (providing pick-up services for donations) with a Clothing Container Fundraising Program (placement of permanent collection bins at host locations). A contactless drop-off service at their Princeton Junction facility serves as an additional collection channel. The company processes donations domestically and internationally, directing items to low-income areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Clothing & Shoe Drive Fundraising Program A fundraising service that collects gently used clothing, shoes, apparel, and linens from schools, teams, clubs, and organizations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Staten Island NY, with scheduled truck pick-up and per-pound payment to the designated nonprofit or entity. Each Clothing Bag contains approximately 15 pounds of reusable clothing or shoes, and a minimum of 250 Clothing Bags is required for a scheduled pickup.
• Clothing Container Fundraising Program An ongoing collection program that places clothing collection containers at host organizations such as businesses and nonprofits. Ameritex provides weekly service, maintenance, and monthly fund payments to supported organizations, with current beneficiaries including American Cancer Fund, Rotary International, and Eden Autism.
• Contactless Drop-Off Service A drop-off service at the Princeton Junction, NJ warehouse facility that allows individuals and organizations to deliver clothing donations without in-person contact, with bonus dollar payouts for drop-off participants.

Quantifiable outcome

• Quadruple win: community awareness, fundraising, home cleaning, and low-income support

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• American Cancer FundcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerThe American Cancer Fund is a beneficiary of ClothingShoeDrive.com's container placement fundraising program. Organizations can raise funds for the American Cancer Fund through hosting clothing collection containers.
• Rotary InternationalcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerRotary International is a beneficiary of the clothing container fundraising program. Local Rotary Clubs may also provide 'Matching Gifts Program' support to double or triple funds raised through clothing drives.
• Eden AutismcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerEden Autism is a beneficiary organization of the clothing container fundraising program, receiving funds raised through clothing collection at host locations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Patagonia Worn Wear: Patagonia's Worn Wear program trades in and resells used Patagonia apparel, representing a brand-led take-back and resale model that competes for sustainability-minded donor and consumer mindshare.
• ThredUp: ThredUp is an online resale platform that processes donated and consigned secondhand apparel — competing for the same end customer demand for affordable used clothing and representing the digital evolution Ameritex has not pursued.

Broad incumbents

• Savers / Value Village (Savers/TVI Inc.): Savers is a for-profit thrift chain that purchases secondhand goods in bulk from nonprofits and resells them through retail stores, operating at far greater scale and with retail integration that ClothingShoeDrive.com does not have.
• Goodwill Industries International: Goodwill operates thousands of donation drop-offs and thrift stores nationwide, competing for the same post-consumer textile supply that ClothingShoeDrive.com aggregates, though Goodwill's mission is non-profit and includes retail integration Ameritex lacks.
• The Salvation Army: The Salvation Army runs donation pickups and family stores that resell donated clothing — overlapping supply-side (donations) and demand-side (low-income resale) activities with Ameritex's model.

Direct peers

• USAgain: USAgain operates a nationwide network of clothing donation bins and collects used textiles for reuse and recycling, paying partner organizations per pound — a near-identical operating model to ClothingShoeDrive.com, just at a larger geographic scale.
• GreenDrop: GreenDrop provides scheduled clothing donation pickup services for nonprofits, paying participating charities a share of proceeds — directly comparable to ClothingShoeDrive.com's fundraising partnership program.
• American Textile Recycling Services: ATRS places donation bins at schools, businesses, and nonprofits and pays host organizations per pound of clothing collected — a structurally identical model to Ameritex's container placement program.
• Charity Clothing Pickup (Simple Recycling / iSustain Recycling): Simple Recycling (formerly Charity Clothing Pickup) offers curbside textile pickup partnered with municipalities and nonprofits, paying charities per pound — directly analogous to Ameritex's pickup-based fundraising service.
• Planet Aid: Planet Aid places yellow donation bins across the US and collects used clothing for resale in low-income markets domestically and abroad, mirroring Ameritex's reverse-logistics and resale model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/clothingshoedrive

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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