Why Vehicle Donations Are So Popular in The United States In the 1990s and early ‘aughts, it seemed you couldn’t turn anywhere without seeing an ad or hearing a radio commercial, begging people for vehicle donations. These ads resulted in a massive increase in the number of cars donated per year, but the overall […]
Accepting Non-profit Donations From Individuals and Companies For charitable non-profits, donations from individuals and other companies are an essential part of operations unless they were founded with the sort of endowment that pays constant dividends. However, even thought he IRS may have granted these organizations tax exempt status under their own 501 regulations, that […]
Using a Vehicle Donation Program Versus Selling Your Own Car and Donating the Proceeds Perhaps the best and most common reason for choosing to use a vehicle donation program is the ease of it. You just sign a form online, on the phone or by mail and someone arrives at your house ready to […]
Utilizing a Car Donation Program to Take the Hassle Out of Charitable Giving Not everyone has the time to deal with all the intricacies of preparing their car for sale, much less fixing up an old clunker to maximize their sale value. This has historically been the job of a car donation program that […]
Other Types of Durable Goods Charity Besides Used Car Donation For many years now, charitable non-profit organizations (NPOs) have been taking donations of household, durable, non-cash goods as well as used car donation. This practice was adopted to increase the base of those who could be counted on for charitable gift giving to include […]
An Overview of Children’s Charities That Benefit From Used Vehicle Donation Despite recent rulings that have changed the way deductions from used vehicle donation are valued, there are still any worthwhile charities that can still use either your vehicle or the cash it can be sold for. Many of these charities focus on the […]
Targeting Your Gift Giving to Veterans With the Purple Heart Car Donation Program When you’ve got an extra car or truck lying about with nothing to do, perhaps you can assist a veteran and her or his family through the Purple Heart Car Donation Program. Especially in a time of apparently unending war, it […]
In Lieu of Regular Car Donation, Non-profit Organizations (NPOs) Find New Sources of Revenue Since the 2005 rulings that severely limited the amount of money that could be deducted for the most common types of car donation, non-profit organizations with an educational or a mission that includes the direct use of cars have had […]
Protecting Yourself Against Fraud When Using an Online Car Donation Service Since just about everything can be done online in some form or another, it’s not surprising that you can use online car donation services to get rid of an unwanted car and secure what might be a significant tax deduction. However, it’s a […]
Is an Online Vehicle Donation Service Right for You? There are quite a few reasons that people choose to use an online vehicle donation service. For starters, there’s very little that’s as easy as filling out a form online and having your vehicle picked up the very next day without any intervening guff. On […]