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.
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 fuels the Children's Collective Supply, and what you give cycles right back to local children through the organizations caring for them.
- 1
You give
Donate quality kids' goods or funds through a transparent local channel.
- 2
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.
- Set aside for the Closet. Everything else is set aside for The Collective Kids Closet, our storefront program opening in Martin County in 2027.
- 3
Proceeds return
When The Collective Kids Closet opens in Martin County in 2027, proceeds return to the funding pool for those same 501(c)(3) partner organizations.
Our impact
September, by the numbers
Our community donation drive went into action in September. Neighbors gave through the bins our local hosts placed, every pound was weighed and recorded, and what came in started reaching children the same month. Here is what that looked like.
- 262.7 pounds: collected through community bin hosts alone, every pound weighed
- 262.7poundscollected through community bin hosts alone, every pound weighed
- 4 partner nonprofits: serving children in foster care, kinship care, or crisis, supplied directly
- 4partner nonprofitsserving children in foster care, kinship care, or crisis, supplied directly
- 433 items: contributed directly to partner nonprofits
- 433itemscontributed directly to partner nonprofits
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. What the community gives goes to the organizations already caring for local children in foster care, kinship care, or crisis. 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 progress.
Our monthly letter shares what the community gave, where it went, and what comes next. You'll also be the first to know when the Collective Kids Closet opens its doors in Martin County in 2027.
Volunteer service is in development. Follow our progress 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, opening in Martin County in 2027.