{"id":4422,"date":"2026-09-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/?page_id=4422"},"modified":"2026-09-20T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:00:00","slug":"support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/support\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Bloom Swap"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bsw-hero bsw-hero-lg has-art\" data-bsw-hero style=\"--bsw-shade:0.72\"><div class=\"bsw-hero-media\"><svg class=\"bsw-art bsw-art-rack\" viewBox=\"0 0 640 420\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path class=\"l\" style=\"stroke-width:2.2\" d=\"M60 76 H580\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M64 76 V372 M576 76 V372 M32 372 H96 M544 372 H608\"\/><circle class=\"l\" cx=\"44\" cy=\"384\" r=\"7\"\/><circle class=\"l\" cx=\"84\" cy=\"384\" r=\"7\"\/><circle class=\"l\" cx=\"556\" cy=\"384\" r=\"7\"\/><circle class=\"l\" cx=\"596\" cy=\"384\" r=\"7\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M118 76 q0 -13 9 -13 q9 0 9 9 q0 7 -9 10\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M88 108 L118 88 L148 108 Z\"\/><path class=\"r fr\" d=\"M84 108 l-16 30 l16 9 v112 h68 v-112 l16 -9 l-16 -30\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M176 76 q0 -13 9 -13 q9 0 9 9 q0 7 -9 10\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M146 108 L176 88 L206 108 Z\"\/><path class=\"l fb\" d=\"M154 108 L198 108 L192 168 L220 308 L132 308 L160 168 Z\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M236 76 q0 -13 9 -13 q9 0 9 9 q0 7 -9 10\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M206 108 L236 88 L266 108 Z\"\/><path class=\"l fb\" d=\"M202 108 l-12 34 l12 6 v196 h68 v-196 l12 -6 l-12 -34\"\/><path class=\"h\" d=\"M236 112 v232\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M296 76 q0 -13 9 -13 q9 0 9 9 q0 7 -9 10\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M266 108 L296 88 L326 108 Z\"\/><path class=\"r fr\" d=\"M262 108 l-16 30 l16 9 v112 h68 v-112 l16 -9 l-16 -30\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M356 76 q0 -13 9 -13 q9 0 9 9 q0 7 -9 10\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M326 108 L356 88 L386 108 Z\"\/><path class=\"l fb\" d=\"M328 108 h56 l6 170 h-26 l-8 -128 l-8 128 h-26 z\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M414 76 q0 -13 9 -13 q9 0 9 9 q0 7 -9 10\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M384 108 L414 88 L444 108 Z\"\/><path class=\"l fb\" d=\"M392 108 L436 108 L430 168 L458 308 L370 308 L398 168 Z\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M472 76 q0 -13 9 -13 q9 0 9 9 q0 7 -9 10\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M442 108 L472 88 L502 108 Z\"\/><path class=\"r fr\" d=\"M438 108 l-16 30 l16 9 v112 h68 v-112 l16 -9 l-16 -30\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M528 76 q0 -13 9 -13 q9 0 9 9 q0 7 -9 10\"\/><path class=\"l\" d=\"M498 108 L528 88 L558 108 Z\"\/><path class=\"l fb\" d=\"M494 108 l-12 34 l12 6 v196 h68 v-196 l12 -6 l-12 -34\"\/><path class=\"h\" d=\"M528 112 v232\"\/><path class=\"h\" d=\"M414 108 C 420 150 424 172 426 190\"\/><g transform=\"rotate(12 426 190)\"><path class=\"r fr\" d=\"M426 190 L449 206 V254 H403 V206 Z\"\/><circle class=\"l\" cx=\"426\" cy=\"206\" r=\"4\"\/><path class=\"h\" d=\"M413 228 h26 M413 240 h18\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"bsw-hero-glow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"bsw-wrap bsw-hero-grid\"><div class=\"bsw-hero-copy\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow bsw-in bsw-in-1\">Support Bloom Swap<\/p><h1 class=\"bsw-h1 bsw-in bsw-in-2\"><span class=\"bsw-h1-claim\">Racks, hangers, a van, a laundromat.<\/span> <em class=\"bsw-turn\">That is what a gift buys.<\/em><\/h1><span class=\"bsw-rule bsw-in bsw-in-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><div class=\"bsw-hero-lede bsw-in bsw-in-3\"><p>A free clothing program runs on unglamorous things. Every line below is something a gift to Bloom Swap pays for, and every figure is marked as an estimate until a supplier has quoted it.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bsw-actions bsw-in bsw-in-4\"><a class=\"bsw-btn bsw-btn-primary\" href=\"#bsw-lines\" data-bsw-magnet><span>See what a gift buys<\/span><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m13 6 6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><a class=\"bsw-btn bsw-btn-ghost\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/give-clothes\/\"><span>Give clothes instead<\/span><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m13 6 6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bsw-sec bsw-g-stone\"><div class=\"bsw-wrap\"><header class=\"bsw-head bsw-rv\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">Why money<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2\">Support a free clothing program that stays free.<\/h2><p class=\"bsw-head-lede\">The clothes are given. Everything that makes them wearable is not.<\/p><\/header>\n<p>Before a donated coat reaches a rack it has been collected, sorted, laundered, stored, hung and driven to a hall, and after the swap the racks come back. Bloom does all of that so that no guest ever pays and no host is left holding the work.<\/p>\n<p>A gift to Bloom Swap pays for the program\u2019s equipment and its running costs. None of the lines below is a salary: founder and officer pay at Bloom Ministries is $0, as it has been from the first day.<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bsw-sec bsw-g-parchment bsw-light\" id=\"bsw-lines\"><div class=\"bsw-wrap\"><header class=\"bsw-head bsw-rv\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">What a gift buys<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2\">Line by line.<\/h2><p class=\"bsw-head-lede\">The year-one budget for Bloom Swap. Every figure is an estimate until a supplier has quoted it.<\/p><\/header>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rolling racks<\/strong> \u00b7 $600\u20131,200 \u00b7 estimate until quoted<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hangers, bins and dividers<\/strong> \u00b7 $350 \u00b7 estimate until quoted<\/li>\n<li><strong>Signage and the first host kits<\/strong> \u00b7 $400 \u00b7 estimate until quoted<\/li>\n<li><strong>Van rental<\/strong> for delivery and removal \u00b7 $300 \u00b7 estimate until quoted<\/li>\n<li><strong>A share of storage and sorting space<\/strong> \u00b7 $1,000 \u00b7 estimate until quoted<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laundering<\/strong>, because every piece arrives on a rack washed \u00b7 $400 \u00b7 estimate until quoted<\/li>\n<li><strong>Event liability coverage<\/strong> \u00b7 $500 \u00b7 estimate until quoted<\/li>\n<li><strong>Contingency<\/strong> \u00b7 $250 \u00b7 estimate until quoted<\/li>\n<li><strong>Each further host kit<\/strong>, so one more congregation or organization can run a swap \u00b7 about $200 \u00b7 estimate until quoted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Racks, bins and signage are bought once. Laundering, van rental, storage and coverage come round with every swap season, and each new host kit opens one more room.<\/p>\n\n<p>Gifts to Bloom Ministries for Bloom Swap are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Bloom Ministries is a registered 501(c)(3), EIN 39-4922713.<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bsw-sec bsw-g-ink\"><div class=\"bsw-wrap\"><header class=\"bsw-head bsw-rv\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">If you are a business<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2\">A business partnership funds something different.<\/h2><p class=\"bsw-head-lede\">A gift buys the lines above. A partnership also carries your name, under rules of its own.<\/p><\/header>\n<p>A gift from a person is a gift: it pays for the lines above and buys nothing else. A business that wants its name on Bloom Swap\u2019s banners, host kits and pages does that through a partnership, which is a different arrangement with different rules. <a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/partners\/\">Partner with Bloom Swap<\/a> sets out the tiers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/partners\/recognition\/\">what recognition is, and is not<\/a> explains why the wording never changes.<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bsw-sec bsw-g-stone\"><div class=\"bsw-wrap\"><aside class=\"bsw-honest bsw-rv\" aria-labelledby=\"bsw-honest-af125254df8b741786b2869c5d9c38de\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">Where we honestly stand<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2\" id=\"bsw-honest-af125254df8b741786b2869c5d9c38de\">The books are open before you give.<\/h2><div class=\"bsw-honest-b\"><p>The lines above are estimates. Each will be replaced by its real figure once a supplier has quoted it, and nothing on this page will be presented as a cost until it is one. What the program does with what it is given shows up on <a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/impact\/\">the impact page<\/a>, counted from the ledger.<\/p>\n<p>Bloom Ministries helped 47 people before it asked anyone for a dollar. <a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/who-we-are\/accountability\/\">The accountability page<\/a> holds the organization\u2019s finances for anyone to check.<\/p><\/div><p class=\"bsw-stamp\">Written September 2026 \u00b7 figures update from records<\/p><\/aside><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bsw-sec bsw-g-parchment bsw-light\"><div class=\"bsw-wrap\"><div class=\"bsw-faq\"><header class=\"bsw-faq-head bsw-rv\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">FAQ<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2\">Questions about giving<\/h2><p class=\"bsw-faq-more\">Still asking? Write to <a href=\"mailto:swap@bloomministries.org\">swap@bloomministries.org<\/a> and a person answers.<\/p><\/header><div class=\"bsw-faq-list bsw-rv\"><details class=\"bsw-q\" data-bsw-q><summary><span class=\"bsw-q-t\">Is my gift tax-deductible?<\/span><span class=\"bsw-q-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"bsw-q-a\"><p>Gifts to Bloom Ministries, a registered 501(c)(3), are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Bloom is not a tax advisor; your own advisor can tell you how that applies to you.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"bsw-q\" data-bsw-q><summary><span class=\"bsw-q-t\">Can I give clothes instead of money?<\/span><span class=\"bsw-q-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"bsw-q-a\"><p>Yes, and it is just as useful. <a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/give-clothes\/\">Here is what Bloom Swap takes<\/a>, and how a bag or a whole closet reaches a rack.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"bsw-q\" data-bsw-q><summary><span class=\"bsw-q-t\">Does a gift change what guests receive?<\/span><span class=\"bsw-q-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"bsw-q-a\"><p>No. Guests receive everything free whether or not anyone gives, and nothing at a swap is connected to a donor. A gift makes more swaps possible; it never sets a condition on any of them.<\/p><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bsw-sec bsw-g-stone\"><div class=\"bsw-wrap\"><div class=\"bsw-related\"><header class=\"bsw-related-head bsw-rv\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">Keep going<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2 bsw-related-h\">Where to go from here.<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"bsw-related-grid bsw-rv\"><a class=\"bsw-rel bsw-d1\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/\"><span class=\"bsw-rel-k\">Next<\/span><span class=\"bsw-rel-t\">Bloom Swap<\/span><span class=\"bsw-rel-r\">The front door: what a swap is and the five ways in.<\/span><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m13 6 6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><a class=\"bsw-rel bsw-d2\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/how-it-works\/\"><span class=\"bsw-rel-k\">Next<\/span><span class=\"bsw-rel-t\">How it works<\/span><span class=\"bsw-rel-r\">The four steps of a swap day, and what every room has before you walk in.<\/span><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m13 6 6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><a class=\"bsw-rel bsw-d3\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/upcoming\/\"><span class=\"bsw-rel-k\">Next<\/span><span class=\"bsw-rel-t\">Upcoming swaps<\/span><span class=\"bsw-rel-r\">Every announced swap, by city, and the list that hears two weeks before a swap near you.<\/span><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m13 6 6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><a class=\"bsw-rel bsw-d1\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/first-time\/\"><span class=\"bsw-rel-k\">Next<\/span><span class=\"bsw-rel-t\">Your first swap<\/span><span class=\"bsw-rel-r\">Nervous about going? What happens from the door to the way out, and how to leave at any moment.<\/span><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m13 6 6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bsw-sec bsw-close bsw-g-ink\" data-bsw-close><span class=\"bsw-close-rail\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><div class=\"bsw-wrap bsw-close-in bsw-rv\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">Support Bloom Swap<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2 bsw-close-h\">Pay for the racks, and the rest follows.<\/h2><div class=\"bsw-close-lead\"><p>One gift, to the lines above. Nothing at a swap ever carries a fee.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bsw-actions bsw-actions-center\"><a class=\"bsw-btn bsw-btn-primary\" href=\"#bsw-lines\" data-bsw-magnet><span>Give to Bloom Swap<\/span><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m13 6 6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><a class=\"bsw-btn bsw-btn-ghost\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/partners\/\"><span>Partner as a business<\/span><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m13 6 6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div><p class=\"bsw-exit\"><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-exit\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M14 4h4.5A1.5 1.5 0 0 1 20 5.5v13a1.5 1.5 0 0 1-1.5 1.5H14\"\/><path d=\"M10 16.5 5.5 12 10 7.5M5.5 12H16\"\/><\/svg><span>Need clothes rather than giving them?<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/upcoming\/\">Nothing on this page applies to you. 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