The Chicago Furniture Bank's mission is to provide dignity, stability, and comfort to Chicagoans facing poverty. They achieve this by allowing clients to handpick an entire home's worth of furnishings for free. This initiative is based on the belief that everyone deserves the basic comforts of a furnished home, including the ability to sleep in a bed and share family meals at a kitchen table. The organization acts as an intermediary, connecting those with extra furniture to those in need. They also offer services like residential clean-outs and corporate decommissioning, and they work closely with over 400 nonprofit partners to extend their reach in the community. Their impact is significant, having furnished over 13,000 homes and served more than 21,500 Chicagoans, distributing over 13 million pounds of furniture.