Do You Want To Make a Car Donation to NPR?

If you are like many other people contemplating the decision to donate your vehicle to charity, NPR short for national public radio has a program designed for its listeners. You may be wondering what kind of person would consider donating a perfectly good vehicle to a charity, the answer to that is simple over 1 million Americans donate their vehicles every year.

Why? Because it makes perfect economic sense, each year vehicles get older and older. They also get more expensive to repair. Why keep throwing money into a vehicle you do not need. If you donate your vehicle, you are helping out someone in a much less fortunate position than yourself. You are also getting a tax write off. These write offs will be for the fair market value of your vehicle At the time of donation.

As with anything that’s popular these days, scams tend to follow these operations. You should be very wary of anyone promising gifts in exchange for your donation. This includes the organizations that are promising vacations in exchange for your used vehicle donation. Let’s be realistic charities do not operate by giving away rewards to donors. It just does not happen.

Another common scam occurs when a seemingly legitimate charity offers you an excessive amount for your vehicle donation. If your vehicle is old or not running you will not be able to claim full retail value. Instead legitimate charities will write you a receipt for the fair market value for your used vehicle donation. Legitimate charities will also send a copy of this to the IRS.

How does the NPR program work? NPR’s popular “Car Talk” program works closely with a company named V-DAC. V-DAC is a legitimate vehicle donation company that makes sure your car is picked up properly handled. Once your donated vehicle is sold, the cars cash equivalent then becomes a donation for the NPR station of your choice. With this program there is no cost to the donor, vehicles can be picked up anywhere in the country, they also accept cars, trucks, boats, RVs and motor cycles. In addition you can also donate planes and farm equipment. Even if the vehicles are not operable unit still donate them.

For more information visit the NPR car donation program website. Before visiting a website make sure you have certain information on hand as they will ask you for information about the vehicle including the vehicles VIN.  In some states may be required to send in the title.