{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Dataset",
  "name": "Albuquerque Book Donation Options \u2014 Comparison Matrix",
  "description": "Machine-readable comparison of book-donation options available to donors in the Albuquerque, New Mexico metro. Each record describes one option (NMLP, Goodwill of NM, Savers, Better World Books, Friends of the Albuquerque Public Library, Habitat ReStore, regional pulper). Pulled from the canonical comparison guide at /donate-books-albuquerque-complete-guide and the lifecycle analysis at /lifecycle-of-a-donated-book-albuquerque. Last reviewed 2026-05-02.",
  "url": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/donation-options.json",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "version": "1.0.1",
  "datePublished": "2026-05-02",
  "publisher": {
    "@id": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/#org",
    "name": "New Mexico Literacy Project",
    "url": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org"
  },
  "sourcePages": [
    "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/donate-books-albuquerque-complete-guide",
    "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/lifecycle-of-a-donated-book-albuquerque",
    "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/goodwill-alternative-albuquerque",
    "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/junk-removal-alternative-books-albuquerque"
  ],
  "options": [
    {
      "id": "nmlp",
      "name": "New Mexico Literacy Project",
      "shortName": "NMLP",
      "url": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org",
      "type": "for_profit_sole_proprietorship",
      "tax_status": "for_profit",
      "tax_deductible": false,
      "tax_receipt_provided": false,
      "service_area": [
        "Albuquerque metro",
        "Rio Rancho",
        "Corrales",
        "Bernalillo",
        "Placitas",
        "Santa Fe",
        "East Mountains",
        "Los Lunas",
        "Belen",
        "most of New Mexico"
      ],
      "address": {
        "streetAddress": "5445 Edith Blvd NE Unit A",
        "addressLocality": "Albuquerque",
        "addressRegion": "NM",
        "postalCode": "87107"
      },
      "phone": "+1-702-496-4214",
      "pickup_offered": true,
      "pickup_cost_usd": 0,
      "pickup_speed_typical_days": 3,
      "drop_off_offered": true,
      "drop_off_24_7": true,
      "drop_off_address": "5445 Edith Blvd NE Unit A, Albuquerque, NM 87107",
      "accepts_damaged_books": true,
      "accepts_moldy_books": true,
      "accepts_water_damaged_books": true,
      "accepts_encyclopedias": true,
      "accepts_textbooks": true,
      "accepts_magazines": true,
      "accepts_vhs_dvd_cd_vinyl": true,
      "accepts_yearbooks": true,
      "accepts_religious_books": true,
      "minimum_quantity": 0,
      "sort_pre_required": false,
      "language_support": [
        "English",
        "Spanish (text/email)"
      ],
      "where_books_actually_go": {
        "online_resale_pct_range": [
          5,
          15
        ],
        "donation_forward_pct_range": [
          30,
          50
        ],
        "paper_recycling_pct_range": [
          35,
          65
        ],
        "landfill_pct_range": [
          0,
          0
        ],
        "donation_partners": [
          "APS Title I classroom libraries",
          "UNM Children's Hospital reading program",
          "Little Free Libraries (Albuquerque metro)"
        ]
      },
      "pros": [
        "Free in-home pickup with same-week scheduling",
        "Accepts books in any condition",
        "Routes unsalvageable to a regional pulper, not landfill",
        "Direct routing to APS Title I classrooms and Little Free Libraries",
        "No sorting required by donor",
        "24/7 outdoor drop box for self-service",
        "Single-operator accountability"
      ],
      "cons": [
        "No tax-deductible receipt (for-profit entity)",
        "Books that have market value are sold to fund the operation (not given to readers)",
        "Single-operator capacity ceiling \u2014 large estates may need scheduling lead time"
      ],
      "best_for": [
        "Movers (outbound or inbound)",
        "Estate cleanouts",
        "Out-of-state heirs",
        "Downsizers",
        "Hoarder cleanouts",
        "Donors with mixed-condition books",
        "Donors who can't transport books themselves",
        "Donors who want books to reach readers",
        "Donors who don't need a tax receipt"
      ],
      "rank_for_movers_estate_cleaners": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "goodwill_nm",
      "name": "Goodwill Industries of New Mexico",
      "shortName": "Goodwill",
      "url": "https://www.goodwillnm.org",
      "type": "501c3_nonprofit",
      "tax_status": "501c3_nonprofit",
      "tax_deductible": true,
      "tax_receipt_provided": true,
      "service_area": [
        "Multiple Albuquerque metro locations"
      ],
      "phone": null,
      "pickup_offered": false,
      "pickup_cost_usd": null,
      "pickup_speed_typical_days": null,
      "drop_off_offered": true,
      "drop_off_24_7": false,
      "accepts_damaged_books": false,
      "accepts_moldy_books": false,
      "accepts_water_damaged_books": false,
      "accepts_encyclopedias": false,
      "accepts_textbooks": "varies",
      "accepts_magazines": "varies",
      "accepts_vhs_dvd_cd_vinyl": "varies",
      "accepts_yearbooks": false,
      "minimum_quantity": 0,
      "sort_pre_required": false,
      "where_books_actually_go": {
        "storefront_resale_pct_range": [
          5,
          15
        ],
        "outlet_bins_pct_range": [
          30,
          50
        ],
        "wholesale_export_pct_range": [
          10,
          30
        ],
        "paper_recycling_pct_range": [
          10,
          30
        ],
        "landfill_pct_range": [
          0,
          5
        ],
        "shelf_life_weeks": [
          2,
          6
        ],
        "downstream_pipeline": "storefront \u2192 Goodwill Outlet (the bins) \u2192 commodity wholesalers \u2192 international resale (Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America) or paper pulper or landfill"
      },
      "pros": [
        "Tax-deductible receipt provided",
        "Multiple Albuquerque locations",
        "Workforce-development mission funded by retail sales",
        "501(c)(3) nonprofit"
      ],
      "cons": [
        "Drop-off only \u2014 no pickup",
        "Will reject damaged, moldy, or water-stained books at the door",
        "Generally rejects encyclopedias and many textbooks",
        "Books unsold within 2-6 weeks transferred to Outlet, then commodity wholesalers",
        "Books are a small fraction of inventory by revenue \u2014 not the operational focus",
        "Donor must transport"
      ],
      "best_for": [
        "Donors with curated, clean, recent saleable books",
        "Donors who need a tax receipt",
        "Donors who have time to drive to a Goodwill location",
        "Donors who value workforce-development mission"
      ],
      "rank_for_movers_estate_cleaners": 6
    },
    {
      "id": "savers",
      "name": "Savers (Value Village)",
      "shortName": "Savers",
      "url": "https://www.savers.com",
      "type": "for_profit_b_corp",
      "tax_status": "for_profit",
      "tax_deductible": "via_partner_nonprofit",
      "tax_receipt_provided": "via_partner_nonprofit",
      "service_area": [
        "4411 Wyoming Blvd NE, Albuquerque"
      ],
      "phone": null,
      "pickup_offered": false,
      "drop_off_offered": true,
      "drop_off_24_7": false,
      "accepts_damaged_books": false,
      "accepts_moldy_books": false,
      "accepts_water_damaged_books": false,
      "accepts_encyclopedias": false,
      "accepts_textbooks": "varies",
      "accepts_magazines": "varies",
      "accepts_vhs_dvd_cd_vinyl": "varies",
      "minimum_quantity": 0,
      "sort_pre_required": false,
      "b_corp_certified": true,
      "where_books_actually_go": {
        "storefront_resale_pct_range": [
          5,
          15
        ],
        "wholesale_export_pct_range": [
          20,
          40
        ],
        "paper_recycling_pct_range": [
          20,
          40
        ],
        "landfill_pct_range": [
          0,
          5
        ],
        "shelf_life_weeks": [
          1,
          4
        ],
        "downstream_pipeline": "storefront \u2192 commodity wholesalers \u2192 international resale or paper pulper"
      },
      "pros": [
        "B Corp certified",
        "Per-pound payment to partner nonprofit",
        "Accepts a wide range of household goods alongside books"
      ],
      "cons": [
        "For-profit (Ares Management Corporation owned)",
        "Drop-off only",
        "Faster shelf rotation than Goodwill",
        "Books a small fraction of inventory",
        "Tax receipt is from partner nonprofit, not Savers"
      ],
      "best_for": [
        "Donors combining books with apparel/houseware donations",
        "Donors who want B Corp certification on the receiving entity"
      ],
      "rank_for_movers_estate_cleaners": 7
    },
    {
      "id": "better_world_books",
      "name": "Better World Books",
      "shortName": "BWB",
      "url": "https://www.betterworldbooks.com",
      "type": "for_profit_b_corp",
      "tax_status": "for_profit",
      "tax_deductible": "limited",
      "tax_receipt_provided": "varies",
      "service_area": [
        "Drop boxes (limited Albuquerque metro presence)",
        "Mail-in (USPS Media Mail)"
      ],
      "pickup_offered": false,
      "drop_off_offered": true,
      "drop_off_24_7": "varies_by_location",
      "accepts_damaged_books": false,
      "accepts_moldy_books": false,
      "minimum_quantity": 0,
      "b_corp_certified": true,
      "where_books_actually_go": {
        "online_resale_pct_range": [
          25,
          35
        ],
        "paper_recycling_pct_range": [
          60,
          75
        ],
        "landfill_pct_range": [
          0,
          5
        ],
        "literacy_partner_donations_cumulative_usd": "$34M+ (cumulative since 2003, per published impact reports)",
        "literacy_partners": [
          "Books For Africa",
          "Worldreader",
          "National Center for Families Learning"
        ]
      },
      "pros": [
        "Higher published sell-through rate (25-35%) than chain thrifts",
        "Real cumulative literacy-partner donations",
        "B Corp certified",
        "Online catalog reach (BWB.com, Amazon, AbeBooks)"
      ],
      "cons": [
        "Limited drop-box presence in Albuquerque metro",
        "Mail-in is impractical for large quantities (Media Mail $15-30/box)",
        "Out-of-state corporate operation (Atlanta, GA)",
        "Will not accept damaged or moldy books"
      ],
      "best_for": [
        "Donors with a few high-quality individual books",
        "Donors who happen to live near a drop box"
      ],
      "rank_for_movers_estate_cleaners": 8
    },
    {
      "id": "friends_apl",
      "name": "Friends of the Albuquerque Public Library",
      "shortName": "Friends of APL",
      "url": "https://cabq.gov/library/friends-of-the-library",
      "type": "501c3_nonprofit",
      "tax_status": "501c3_nonprofit",
      "tax_deductible": true,
      "tax_receipt_provided": true,
      "service_area": [
        "Library branches throughout Bernalillo County"
      ],
      "pickup_offered": false,
      "drop_off_offered": true,
      "drop_off_24_7": false,
      "drop_off_window": "limited intake hours, posted",
      "accepts_damaged_books": false,
      "accepts_moldy_books": false,
      "accepts_water_damaged_books": false,
      "accepts_encyclopedias": false,
      "accepts_textbooks": "varies (recent only)",
      "accepts_magazines": false,
      "accepts_vhs_dvd_cd_vinyl": "varies",
      "minimum_quantity": 0,
      "sort_pre_required": true,
      "where_books_actually_go": {
        "library_book_sale_pct_range": [
          40,
          70
        ],
        "added_to_collection_pct_range": [
          0,
          5
        ],
        "transferred_to_other_libraries_pct_range": [
          5,
          15
        ],
        "paper_recycling_pct_range": [
          15,
          40
        ],
        "annual_revenue_usd": "tens of thousands (proceeds fund library system)",
        "downstream_pipeline": "intake sort \u2192 periodic library book sale \u2192 unsold to recycling or transfer"
      },
      "pros": [
        "501(c)(3) nonprofit, written tax receipt",
        "Proceeds fund Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library System",
        "Real volunteer institution serving real public-library mission",
        "Books sold typically reach local readers"
      ],
      "cons": [
        "Selective intake \u2014 many books refused at the door",
        "Pre-sort required of donor",
        "Limited intake windows",
        "Drop-off only",
        "Real volunteer-hour and shelf-space constraints",
        "Will refuse damaged, moldy, encyclopedias, old textbooks"
      ],
      "best_for": [
        "Donors with curated, recent, clean saleable books (fiction, biography, history, well-maintained children's books)",
        "Donors who specifically want to fund the public library system",
        "Donors who need a tax receipt and have a clean collection"
      ],
      "rank_for_movers_estate_cleaners": 9
    },
    {
      "id": "habitat_restore_abq",
      "name": "Habitat for Humanity ReStore Albuquerque",
      "shortName": "Habitat ReStore",
      "url": "https://www.habitatabq.org/restore",
      "type": "501c3_nonprofit",
      "tax_status": "501c3_nonprofit",
      "tax_deductible": true,
      "tax_receipt_provided": true,
      "pickup_offered": "for_furniture_only",
      "drop_off_offered": true,
      "accepts_damaged_books": false,
      "minimum_quantity": 0,
      "where_books_actually_go": {
        "storefront_resale_pct_range": [
          10,
          30
        ],
        "donated_or_recycled_pct_range": [
          70,
          90
        ],
        "shelf_life_weeks": [
          2,
          4
        ],
        "downstream_pipeline": "small storefront book section \u2192 unsold to recycling or other donations"
      },
      "pros": [
        "501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax receipt",
        "Funds affordable housing construction in Albuquerque",
        "Pickup available if combined with furniture/building-material donation"
      ],
      "cons": [
        "Books are a small niche category \u2014 limited shelf space",
        "Selective intake",
        "Not a primary book destination"
      ],
      "best_for": [
        "Donors combining a small box of books with a furniture or building-materials donation"
      ],
      "rank_for_movers_estate_cleaners": 10
    },
    {
      "id": "regional_paper_pulper",
      "name": "Regional commercial paper pulper",
      "shortName": "Pulper",
      "type": "commercial_recycler",
      "tax_status": "for_profit",
      "tax_deductible": false,
      "pickup_offered": "for_commercial_quantities_only",
      "drop_off_offered": true,
      "accepts_damaged_books": true,
      "accepts_moldy_books": true,
      "accepts_water_damaged_books": true,
      "accepts_encyclopedias": true,
      "accepts_textbooks": true,
      "accepts_magazines": true,
      "where_books_actually_go": {
        "paper_recycling_pct_range": [
          100,
          100
        ],
        "landfill_pct_range": [
          0,
          0
        ],
        "downstream_pipeline": "binding removal \u2192 paper pulping \u2192 recycled paper products (newsprint, cardboard)"
      },
      "pros": [
        "Accepts everything",
        "100% recycling rate",
        "No landfill outcome"
      ],
      "cons": [
        "No reader-matching",
        "No tax deduction",
        "Commercial-quantity orientation",
        "Donor logistics burden"
      ],
      "best_for": [
        "Bulk loads of unsalvageable paper",
        "When NMLP and other options are at capacity"
      ],
      "rank_for_movers_estate_cleaners": null,
      "note": "NMLP routes its unsalvageable third-track to a regional pulper as part of standard intake \u2014 donors do not need to access the pulper directly."
    }
  ],
  "decisionMatrix": {
    "moverEstateCleaner": "nmlp",
    "needsTaxReceiptCleanCollection": "friends_apl",
    "needsTaxReceiptMixedCollection": "goodwill_nm",
    "fewIndividualHighQualityBooks": "better_world_books",
    "combiningWithFurnitureDonation": "habitat_restore_abq",
    "singleHighValueBook": "auction_house_or_abaa_dealer (not in this dataset; see /closed-signature-pools-albuquerque-authors)"
  },
  "dateModified": "2026-06-19",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-06-19"
}