Looking for a Charity to Support? How Retailers Can Create Meaningful, Measurable Impact in Their Communities

Why Retailers Choose To Partner With Us

If you’re a retailer looking for a meaningful way to give back, you’re not alone. We work with businesses that want their impact to be thoughtful, measurable, and rooted in dignity. This blog walks through why essentials matter, how retail partnerships work, and how your business can support women, youth, and schools in ways that truly make a difference.

If you’re a retailer setting goals for the year—sales goals, growth goals, sustainability goals, and community impact goals—you’ve probably found yourself asking:

“How can my business give back in a way that actually makes a difference—and that we can stand behind?”

That question is showing up more and more in Google searches like:

  • nonprofit supporting homeless women

  • domestic violence shelter nonprofit

  • charity helping human trafficking survivors

  • breast cancer survivor support organization

  • nonprofits serving foster or homeless youth near me

Retailers aren’t just looking for a place to send funds. They’re looking for aligned partners—organizations that help them support people and the planet.

That’s where The Undie Chest comes in.

Why Essentials Matter—and Why Accountability Matters Too

For individuals experiencing homelessness, escaping domestic violence, recovering from human trafficking, navigating breast cancer treatment, or aging out of foster care, new underwear is a critical, dignity-restoring essential.

But here’s what retailers are also asking:

How do we track the impact our donations are making?

At The Undie Chest, we believe impact should be visible, measurable, and easy to share.

Sustainability Scorecards: Showing Retailers Their Real Impact

We don’t just distribute new underwear—we help retailers see the difference they’re making.

Through our Sustainability Scorecard, retail partners receive:

  • environmental impact data that you and your customers can understand

  • environmental benefits connected to responsible sourcing and distribution

  • data that supports internal ESG, CSR, or sustainability reporting

This makes it easier for retailers to:

  • Share impact stories with customers,

  • Report back to leadership or stakeholders

  • Include giving initiatives in sustainability or annual reports

Giving back shouldn’t be vague. It should be something you can point to with pride.

Aligned With the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Retailers are increasingly aligning their giving with global frameworks—and we meet them there.

The Undie Chest’s work directly supports several UN Sustainable Development Goals, including:

  • Good Health and Well-Being

  • Gender Equality

  • Reduced Inequalities

  • Responsible Consumption and Production

  • Partnerships for the Goals

For retailers, this alignment helps ensure that community giving efforts are not only heartfelt, but also globally relevant and future-focused.

How Retailers Can Get Involved (Simple, Scalable, Impactful)

Retailers partner with The Undie Chest in ways that fit their business and their customers, including:

  • hosting in-store underwear drives

  • sponsoring the purchase of new underwear for local programs

  • engaging employees in meaningful community impact

  • participating in giving initiatives that include impact tracking and reporting

We handle the logistics and reporting—so you can focus on running your business while making a difference.

Why Retailers Choose The Undie Chest

Retailers work with us because we:

  • restore dignity through new, essential items

  • serve shelters, schools, and youth programs nationwide

  • provide clear impact reporting

  • align social good with environmental responsibility

  • make community giving approachable, transparent, and meaningful

This isn’t transactional giving.
It’s partnership-driven impact.

Ready to Create Impact You Can See and Share?

If you’re a retailer searching for:

  • a trusted nonprofit partner

  • a way to support women and youth in need

  • impact that aligns with sustainability and ESG goals

  • reporting that shows your donations truly matter

Thank you for choosing to lead with heart, purpose, and accountability.
And remember—dignity starts with feeling good undie-neath 💚

We’d love to connect!

Elaine Birks-MItchell


The Undie Chest is a nonprofit that aims to restore dignity, foster healthier communities, and reduce our environmental impact through underwear donations.

Access to proper hygiene promotes confidence, self-esteem, and security, which is essential for individuals to break the poverty cycle and achieve success within their community.

https://undiechest.org
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