nonprofit home-improvement reuse stores
ReStore Chicago
Industry Repair
Habitat for Humanity Chicago's two nonprofit ReStore home-improvement resale stores in Chicago. It scores this way because donated-goods reuse, landfill diversion, and funding affordable-housing work are materially better aligned than ordinary home-goods retail, though the stores are fundraising retail rather than direct cooperative ownership.
Why this matters: ReStore Chicago adds two active Chicago reuse retail locations after Rebuilding Exchange evidence proved stale or closed.
Letter grade A Good Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
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Evaluation Overview
A - Good
The score turns mainly on Ownership; no penalty currently dominates the evaluation.
Strengths
- Ownership7/10
- Extraction7/10
- Solidarity with the Unemployed7/7
Penalties
- No penalties applied in this version.
Evidence state
- ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
- Linked claims8
- Direct axis claims8
- Coverage8/12
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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7 / 10 |
ReStore Chicago says its two Chicago locations are proudly owned and operated by Habitat for Humanity Chicago. Linked evidence
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Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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5 / 10 |
ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills. Linked evidence
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Extraction
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Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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7 / 10 |
ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills. Linked evidence
|
Labor Sovereignty
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Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
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5 / 7 |
ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills. Linked evidence
|
Solidarity with the
Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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7 / 7 |
ReStore Chicago states that purchases, donations, and volunteering support Habitat Chicago's mission of healthy homes and thriving neighborhoods. Linked evidence
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Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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6 / 7 |
ReStore Chicago uses resale operations to support Habitat Chicago's mission rather than distributing profits to private owners. Linked evidence
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Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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5 / 5 |
ReStore Chicago publishes active North and South Chicago store addresses and donation drop-off hours. Linked evidence
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Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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5 / 5 |
ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills. Linked evidence
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Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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5 / 5 |
ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills. Linked evidence
|
Penalties
No penalties applied in this version.
Bonus Credits
| Bonus | Credit | Why this credit |
|---|---|---|
Openness to Dissent
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Credit for tolerating internal, user, customer, worker, and public
dissent without retaliation, capture, or viewpoint laundering.
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1 / 3 |
ReStore Chicago gives donors, shoppers, and volunteers a practical route into local housing-support work. Linked evidence
|
Constitutional Spirit
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Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms
even where private law does not strictly require it.
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1 / 3 |
ReStore Chicago connects reuse commerce with affordable-housing infrastructure in Chicago neighborhoods. Linked evidence
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Good Deal
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Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low
lock-in, and clear customer surplus.
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2 / 3 |
Habitat describes ReStores as selling donated home-improvement goods to the public at a fraction of retail price. Linked evidence
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Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
Medium 75/100
8 verified linked claims 8 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 8/12 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 20/20
8 verified linked claims
Source quality 10/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 9/18
8 direct claims across 12 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 16, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 7/10
8/12 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1ReStore Chicago says its two Chicago locations are proudly owned and operated by Habitat for Humanity Chicago.
- ReStore Chicago homepage and locationsGeneral web source · 58%
2ReStore Chicago publishes active North and South Chicago store addresses and donation drop-off hours.
- Habitat Chicago why ReStoreGeneral web source · 58%
3ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills.
- ReStore Chicago homepage and locationsGeneral web source · 58%
4ReStore Chicago states that purchases, donations, and volunteering support Habitat Chicago's mission of healthy homes and thriving neighborhoods.
- ReStore Chicago homepage and locationsGeneral web source · 58%
5ReStore Chicago uses resale operations to support Habitat Chicago's mission rather than distributing profits to private owners.
- ReStore Chicago homepage and locationsGeneral web source · 58%
6ReStore Chicago gives donors, shoppers, and volunteers a practical route into local housing-support work.
- Habitat for Humanity Chicago affiliate profileGeneral web source · 58%
7ReStore Chicago connects reuse commerce with affordable-housing infrastructure in Chicago neighborhoods.
- ReStore Chicago homepage and locationsGeneral web source · 58%
8Habitat describes ReStores as selling donated home-improvement goods to the public at a fraction of retail price.
- ReStore Chicago homepage and locationsGeneral web source · 58%
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