Do Not Get Blogged Down by Car Donation

by Karen Campese CEO of Cars4Charities

Do not get blogged down by staying in the dark about car donation. If you have thought about what to do with an old car you no longer want or need and are considering car donation, it is a good idea to have all of the information necessary to help you to make a good decision. You may be concerned that the process is something you may know nothing, or very little, about and that it is probably very complicated. If this is true there is some good news out there. The act of donating a car to charity is not necessarily difficult or stressful. In fact, it can be quite simple and fast.

The process is so simple at Cars4Charities, that you can donate your car to a charity online anytime through their website. You do not have to make a phone call if prefer not to. You can donate car that no longer runs, is very old or is in very bad shape. Cars4Charities only requires that you have the title for your car that you wish to donate, is free of any liens or can show some other proof that you own the vehicle. Your used car should not be stripped of any of its parts, and your car should be parked in a place where it is easily accessible for a tow truck to reach. Cars4Charities will gratefully pick up your charity car donation fast and free of charge

In return for your charitable donation, you will become eligible to get a tax deduction of the larger of $500 or what Cars4Charities is able to sell you donated car for. They will also provide you with all the paperwork you will need to file with your itemized federal tax return in order to claim your valuable tax deduction.

Cars4Charities also has hundreds of much respected charities that you can donate your car to. Some of those fine charities include International ones such as Aid for Haiti, Food for the Poor, Freedom From Hunger, the Fund For Peace, Helen Keller International, Partners in Health, the Smile Train, TropicalClinics, etc., National charities ones such as the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, the American Foundation for the Blind, the American Macular Degeneration Foundation, the American Parkinson Disease Association, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, the Brain Trauma Foundation, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the Cancer Research Institute, the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation, the Lam Foundation, the National Association for Down Syndrome, the National Brain Tumor Society, the National Coalition for the Homeless, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Precious Angels, the Prevent Cancer Foundation, the SASS Foundation for Medical Research, Teach for America.

If you prefer to keep your donation more local there are many State and local charities to donate your car to such as food banks, homeless shelters, animal shelters, museums, hospices, abuse shelters, local theatres, and various other well-respected charities.

When you are ready to donate car to charity, please contact Cars4Charities at their website, http://www.cars4charities.org/ or phone toll free 1-866-448-3487. They will be most happy to walk you through the entire car donation process, answer any remaining questions, and provide you with honest and professional service.