Car Donation In Connecticut

Donating a car can be a life altering experience, just knowing that your good natured generosity is helping someone and much less fortunate position leaves a warm feeling inside. When you donate to a good cause not only do you help someone else, but you can also help yourself out.

Instead of spending untold amounts of your time, energy and resources attempting to sell a vehicle, after all you do have to advertise the vehicle, spend time fielding phone calls and questions relating to the said vehicle, then when you have an interested party you must arrange a convenient meeting time just to show them your vehicle. If this sounds like a lot, it is.

Instead you could simply donate a vehicle to a worthy cause. Selecting a worthy cause is a difficult task, so with that in mind let’s look at the things you need to know when making a car donation in Connecticut.

In order to donate a car successful you must first know where to donate and who to donate to. In the modern age there are many scams, and they are abundant on the Internet. Kars4Kids is one of them. If you were to search for that name on Google you would see exactly what I’m talking about. One piece of advice, don’t use them.

There are many, many more deserving organizations that will not run off with your vehicle. Some of the charities that we are familiar with can be found in the Connecticut area. Here are a couple;

• National kidney foundation the national kidney foundation accepts vehicles as donations. The organization turns those car donations into money to prevent kidney disease and to increase accessibility organs available for transplantation.
• Make a wish foundation to make a wish foundation has been helping children with debilitating medical conditions since 1980. They are the largest wish granting organization on the planet. They help over 12,000 wishes come true each year. Donating your vehicle to them guarantees that the proceeds from your vehicles donation will be used in a manner consistent with goodwill and human behavior.
• Habitat for humanity this link is for the Southeastern Connecticut habitat for humanity. The volunteers of habitat for humanity help homeowners they cannot typically afford homeownership. Member families to participate in Habitat for Humanity’s housing programs are required to contribute 500 hours of work before occupying their home. This is commonly referred to as “sweat equity”.

Keep in mind the IRS has several rules that they govern who is a legitimate charity and who is not. The charities mentioned in this article are all legitimate nonprofit organizations registered with the IRS and will provide donors with the necessary paperwork so that their donation may be tax exempt.

As a final thought you may want to ask around to your friends and families. It is quite possible that they have experience with car donations, after all over 1 million people year donate their vehicles to worthwhile charities. Will you be one of the next few to donate? We certainly hope so. Good luck and God bless.