Just idly wondering what they do with the cars. Sell them for scrap value? Repair and flip them? Re-gift them to people entering the workforce? (The latter two, of course, assume the car is repairable, i.e., not wrecked or structurally rusted out.) Or all of the above?

We donated mother’s car to Wounded Warrior Project last year…Hyundai Sonata. The tow company picked it up, had me sign some papers, and away they went. I believe it went to a junk yard where it will be “parted out”. When someone buys a part, do the proceeds go to WWP minus a handling charge? Not quite sure how that works.

The cats are worth quite a bit.
You can part it yourself, then take the hulk with the title and still make money.
About $400 for yourself.

Kidney Foundation gave me almost KBB value for a rusted out 4Runner with a locked up transfer case. Made an appointment and a wrecker showed up with the paperwork and two days later I got a check.

Seems they just send it to the junkyard.

TitleMax does the same.

Scrap it, and take a (massively inflated) deduction.

I donate a Ford Windstar many years ago that had all the usual problems, don't know what they did with it but 2 months later I got a charitable deduction form for my taxes for $375

I donated my mom's old car for a tax write-off, what I was told was the car goes to auction and is sold to the highest bidder. What the winning bid does with the car depends on the condition of the car, some cars are parted out and others could end up on a used car lot if they're driveable. I didn't really care where it went I just needed it gone because the car developed a bad oil leak I wasn't willing to fix since the car had over 244000 miles and was 16 years old.

Maybe contact the charitable organization of your choice and ask them directly what happens to the donation and if they actually get the money. .... Make sure that you turn in (return) the plates / registration to the state keeping documentation to prevent you from receiving tickets because someone gets caught driving without proper registration. Do it yourself and do not depend on someone else to do it.......................... drill sgt.

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We have a ranch for youths with a troubled history.

People donate their car, boat, motorcycle, motorhome and get the tax deduction.

The teens do all the work making it safe and dependable.

And they auction them off, lady yea they sold 14 cars ,nine trucks two boats and two utility trailers.

If they prove to be very good mechanics .

They go to a GM or Ford or whatever school to a credited.

When I worked at New Mexico Tech, we'd take donated cars and use them for responder training. We'd pack them with a few hundred pounds of ANFO, or whatever other explosive we had a surplus of, and BOOM.

We also tore them up on the rocket sled track for Mythbusters a couple of times.

I'm asking because if the charity fixes and flips the cars (if repairable, i.e., not rusted out or wrecked), or in turn gives the cars to, for example, people entering the workforce for the first time or after an extended time, it might be able to utilize my services on a low cost or free (volunteer) basis. In a few months I'll have plenty of time. Just a vague, idle idea that may not go anywhere.

My wife’s uncle donated his car to the blind in Missouri and the person who bought it never registered it and racked up thousands of dollars in parking tickets in California.

It was a total pain in the but for her uncle to get completely divorced from that vehicle.

My sister called Kars 4 Kids about donating Kate parents’ old Buick; then called a junk yard. The junk yard gave her $275 cash. A lot more than a deduction for donating.

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Originally posted by egregore:
I'm asking because if the charity fixes and flips the cars (if repairable, i.e., not rusted out or wrecked)

Ah. I'd ignore my idea then.

"I'm asking because if the charity fixes and flips the cars (if repairable, i.e., not rusted out or wrecked), or in turn gives the cars to, for example, people entering the workforce for the first time or after an extended time, it might be able to utilize my services on a low cost or free (volunteer) basis. In a few months I'll have plenty of time. Just a vague, idle idea that may not go anywhere."


My church has a donate a car charity for single or unwed mothers who need to get into the work force and make $$$.

The work is done by the auto repair shop I use, the owner is also a member of the church abovementioned. He puts in his labor for free and usually the parts, although some money is donated for parts and such.

When it's ready and reliable it is given away to a needy person.

You might check around for your local Ministerial Alliance if any church or charity in your area does something like that.
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Originally posted by SHOOTIN BLANKS:
Kidney Foundation gave me almost KBB value for a rusted out 4Runner with a locked up transfer case. Made an appointment and a wrecker showed up with the paperwork and two days later I got a check.

You got the money for the car. So, that's not a donation, or am I missing something?

Sometimes your local police department will take them for practice on them. I did so on my fathers car..Also had a veterans association pick up another. For me it was a tax write off.

Be sure to check the latest tax laws concerning the donation. I seem to recall that the law was changed such that you used to get the deduction for the estimated value of the vehicle, but now you get the deduction for the amount that the charitable institution sells the vehicle for. I 'sold' my car to charity and had the funds sent to my church back in 2003.