Our Impact
From individual students to the schools they attend in the cities they live, we’re creating an everlasting impact on their today and tomorrow.
Schools with a poverty Rate of
Helps More Than
Closets Located in
Through free access to essential basic necessities, Catie’s Closet lays the foundation on which students in crisis can build a successful future.
Students who utilize Catie’s Closet’s services endure numerous challenges, including poverty, homelessness, foster care and refugee transitions, mental and emotional health struggles, and isolation.
Each of these not only leads to disengagement from school, but often has a negative influence on their self-esteem and overall well-being.
With Catie’s Closet…
We can’t change students’ homes, take away their past traumas, diminish their fears or replant their family trees, but we can do what we’ve done for the past 15 years and meet their most basic and immediate physical needs to help them feel good about themselves, engage in learning, and make a positive difference in the world around them.
Read our latest articles:
Catie’s Closet School Year 2024/2025 Report Card
Our SY 2024/2025 Report Card is here! Because of your incredible generosity, we surpassed nearly all of our impact goals and reached more students than ever before with the essentials they need to thrive. Take ...more
How Monthly Giving Changes Children’s Lives: A Guide to Sustained Charitable Impact
Community support, including financial donations, powers the mission and operations of a nonprofit organization, including those of Catie’s Closet. For our organization, it enables us to purchase urgently needed clothing and toiletry products, collect donations, ...more