Donating computers:our thoughts on the matter

I know of at least one thrift store here in town that does not take them for just this reason.......The liability of someone elses data.......I'm sure the big ones like Goodwill take as many as they can get but I have rarely seen a computer for sale around here in a thrift store.......I think they are taking them in and sending them somewhere else to either be refurbished and or scrapped.........Either way I rarely frequent the non-profit scene around here so I wouldn't be really the one to know