Four years after it was founded by college friends, the nonprofit is looking to expand and be more self-sustaining.
Cheyenne Dumas looks over an armoire at Chicago Furniture Bank, 4801 S. Whipple St. in Chicago, on Oct. 31, 2022. Chicago Furniture Bank was started by college friends who had a vision for helping Chicagoland residents transitioning out of housing insecurity.
Modeled after the Philadelphia Furniture Bank, the Chicago organization came to fruition in 2018 to serve as an intermediary between Chicagoans who have extra furniture and those who need it. CFB gives residents a full home of furnishings for a suggested donation of $50 . “Jim Mabie allowed us to get to a certain level of scale where we became more efficient,” Amdur said. “His belief in us and in the organization, he’s basically the godfather of the furniture bank.”
“The apartment clients, they can’t necessarily do a 7-foot buffet table,” Witherspoon said. “The CFB list is a list of items that we do accept. ... We’re not going to take an old entertainment center. We’re only going to take practical items that our clients and families can use. Honest Junk is anything and everything as long as it’s not glowing and toxic. All the revenue through Honest Junk goes toward the CFB.
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