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 "slug": "desert-best-friends-closet",
 "display_name": "Desert Best Friends Closet",
 "legal_name": "DESERT BEST FRIENDS CLOSET",
 "ein": "26-2388221",
 "organization_type": "501(c)(3) nonprofit",
 "year_established": 2008,
 "year_established_source": "propublica",
 "headquarters_city": "Palm Desert",
 "headquarters_state": "CA",
 "primary_cause": "Community",
 "primary_cause_source": "NTEE P29 via ProPublica (approximate)",
 "registration_status": "participant_2026",
 "mightycause_urn": "Desert-Best-Friends-Closet",
 "giving_url": "https://www.mightycause.com/organization/Desert-Best-Friends-Closet",
 "years_covered": [
  2025,
  2026
 ],
 "record_status": "Verified \u2014 identity and participation",
 "generated": true,
 "financials": {
  "source": "IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer",
  "year": 2024
 },
 "official_website": "https://bfcloset.org",
 "official_website_source": "derived from the organization's contact email domain in DCF's own records, then HTTP-verified. Never constructed.",
 "official_website_verified": "2026-08-13",
 "short_description": "Desert Best Friend's Closet's empowers low-come Coachella Valley residents to attain employment through education and wardrobe services.",
 "about": "Desert Best Friend's Closet educates and empowers our clients for success in employment and life. Testimonials\n\"Oh, I'm liking this. I feel good. I feel like I can get a job.\" - Margarita, La Quinta\n\n\"I was truly surprised by how helpful the staff was. They advised me how to put outfits together--put tops with pants I never would have worn together, but their advice was spot on! I really know I will make a great first impression at my job interview next week. Thank you!!!\" - Corrine E., Indio\n\n\"I have never worn a suit before let alone knew how to tie a tie. Thank you for helping me. I feel like a man today.\" - Robert B., Palm Springs\n\n\"I am very excited about my dress! This is a huge help to the females who would have a hard time affording a dress otherwise.\" - Chelise M.\n\n\"I just wanted to thank you and Desert's Best Friend for the beautiful gown you provided me with for the upcoming military ball. I appreciate the time that your lovely volunteers took to help me select the one that was \"just right for me.\" Every person that has seen the gown is absolutely in love with it too! Thanks again for supporting military wives. Your organization is amazing!\" - Jenny B.\n\n\"I just wanted to say thank you all so much! I came for be ball gown giveaway you offered. I am a plus size girl and there were so many options for me, which I have not found elsewhere. I usually dread looking for a dress, this year I can walk in feeling confident and beautiful. If I didn't find a dress, I would not be going to the ball.. I cannot express my gratitude, You were so, so helpful and so nice! I appreciate it all!\" - Kate B.",
 "description_source": "description as provided by the organization for CV Giving Day (via its Mightycause profile)",
 "description_retrieved": "2026-08-13",
 "keywords_provided_by_org": "Wardrobe, employment, jobs, thrift boutique, training, empowerment, education, DBFC",
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 "primary_cause_reviewed": "Economic & Workforce Development",
 "primary_cause_reviewed_source": "CV Giving Day review against the organization's own description",
 "primary_cause_reviewed_date": "2026-08-17",
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  2026
 ],
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  "2025": "CV Giving Day 2025 approved-participant list, matched on EIN"
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  "name": "Desert Best Friends Closet",
  "legalName": "DESERT BEST FRIENDS CLOSET",
  "taxID": "26-2388221",
  "nonprofitStatus": "Nonprofit501c3",
  "url": "https://bfcloset.org",
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   "addressLocality": "Palm Desert",
   "addressRegion": "CA",
   "addressCountry": "US"
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  "description": "Desert Best Friend's Closet's empowers low-come Coachella Valley residents to attain employment through education and wardrobe services.",
  "foundingDate": "2008",
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   "name": "CV Giving Day",
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  "dateModified": "2026-08-19",
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 "last_verified": "2026-08-19",
 "date_modified": "2026-08-19",
 "verified_statement": "Identity confirmed against IRS records. Participation confirmed against CV Giving Day registration. Public information compiled from the organization's own sources. Organizations that have indicated a preference against search indexing on their CV Giving Day registration are excluded from search indexing and from this site's sitemap. A cause may come from the organization's own category selection, from its IRS classification, or from CV Giving Day review; the source is always stated on the page and in this record."
}