I think I'm going to give up on selling my car... so next step is to donate it... I really don't want to give it to a chop shop, I would feel bad for some reason (it's not that bad off!)
anyhow, i know npr occasionally takes cars, but I didn't see it on their website.
does anyone know of any charities or things like NPR that take old cars or whatever?
And, no, I don't just want to give it away to a person, I want to give it to an organization.
My friend claims it is very fixable, elsewise I'd junk it.

3/5/2006 1:46:13 PM

there is an animal hospice that accepts car donations, and they come get them....damn, i'll have to find the name, I wear one of those trendy bracelets for them and everything


found it!


http://www.angelsgate.org/DONATIONS.htm

[Edited on March 5, 2006 at 1:57 PM. Reason : :-D]

3/5/2006 1:54:58 PM

http://www.kidney.org/support/kidneycars/index.cfm

http://www.donate-car-for-charity.com/google/donationform.cfm

i have seen many billboards for the kidney thing

3/5/2006 1:56:22 PM

http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/vehicledonation/

3/5/2006 2:40:24 PM

http://www.purpleheartcars.org/
http://www.easy-donate-a-car.com/
http://www.donateacar.com/
http://www.auto-donation.com/

3/5/2006 4:11:25 PM

Just give that motherfucker to a junk yard for $500.

3/5/2006 4:14:46 PM

I know around Greensboro, you can donate to Goodwill or the Salvation Army one (I forget at the moment.) You could email any local tv stations and they could get you in touch with the right people. Some places let you write them off on taxes for the following year.

3/5/2006 7:25:49 PM

locally you have either UNCTV or WCPE 89.7 in Wake Forest

3/6/2006 1:01:33 AM

Quote :

"Some places let you write them off on taxes for the following year."

what you mean some places? i've never heard of one that didn't. it's the same as taking clothes to goodwill. they give you a receipt and you write it off on next years taxes as a charitable donation.

3/6/2006 9:08:44 AM

Just out of curiosity what junkyard would give you $500 for any car? all of the ones i have heard of only give $50.
Thank you to all of the responses though, i'm going to look into it.

3/6/2006 2:28:40 PM

bttt

3/2/2008 9:11:57 PM

A couple of years ago, you could donate a car to charity and claim it as a tax writeoff without an appraisal if the car was valued under $5000. If that's the case, you could donate the car to charity and claim the writeoff value as $4999.

[Edited on March 2, 2008 at 9:20 PM. Reason : I don't know what the tax code says now, so check up on that.]

3/2/2008 9:20:14 PM

Summary of Car Donation New Tax Law of 2005 as applicable to most online car donation charities

Thanks to the new tax law, the IRS has taken the guesswork out of how to determine the value of your vehicle.

Beginning January 1, 2005 you may deduct the full price we receive for the sale of your vehicle. This greatly simplifies the process for you in several ways.

Under the new law, if your vehicle sells for more than $500 then the following applies:

* If your vehicle sells for more than $500 you’ll know exactly the amount you may deduct, eliminating guesswork. Thus you no longer have to research and come up with an estimate of the fair market value of the vehicle.
* The selling price of your vehicle becomes its fair market value and is what you can deduct on your tax return in most cases.
* This also eliminates the risk of you getting into trouble by overstating the value of your deduction on your tax return.
* This saves you both time and risk.

If you car sells for $500 or less at auction, you may deduct what you determine as the fair market value of your vehicle or the amount the vehicle sold for, whichever is less, and as long as that figure is under $500.00.

3/2/2008 10:20:34 PM

what kind of car?

3/3/2008 8:44:04 AM