Car Donation Charity Directory
Here is a growing directory of charitable organizations that will accept car donations. It is our hope that this directory will help to speed you toward a good decision on who will receive your donation. Remember, to be able to receive your itemized car donation tax deduction, the organization must be an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) organization. Please be sure to confirm the organization's status before donating. HowToDonateMyCar.org does not endorse any specific charitable organization.
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As the heading implies, these are organizations that have a national reach in their missions, or at least a multi-state operation.
ALS Association. The ALS Association, established in 1985, is the only non-profit organization fighting Lou Gehrig's disease on every front. Through global research, assistance to those dealing with ALS, and other missions, they are leading the way toward better treatment of, and ultimately a cure for, ALS. To donate, please visit: http://www.alsa.org/donate/vehicle-donations.html
Cars For Christ. Use your car donation to help reach troubled youth with the gospel. To learn more, please visit: http://www.cars4christ.org/
St. Vincent de Paul Society. Working to bring hope and assistance to the poor and homeless, through person-to-person contact with those who are suffering. Please visit: http://www.yes-svdp.org/
ORGANIZATIONS LISTED BY STATE If you're interested in keeping the benefits of your vehicle donation closer to home, these charities are a good way to start. Charities are listed alphabetically by state.
Family Services Center, Huntsville, AL. Accepts car donations, and uses the vehicles to provide transportation to families who are less fortunate. To help, please visit: http://www.fsc-hsv.org/fsc-caringcars.htm
ARIZONA Arizona Public Media. Accepts car donations as a means of funding their broadcasting operations and local outreach efforts. Please visit: https://support.azpm.org/car/ Able Heart. Supports a number of missions in Phoenix and around Arizona. For more info, please visit: http://ableheart.org/ Phoenix Children's Hospital. Accepts car donations to help fund the many medical services provided here at one of the ten largest children's hospitals in the country. Please visit: http://www.phoenixchildrens.com/ways-of-giving/make-a-gift/donate-your-vehicle/
ARKANSAS Arkansas Educational Television Network. Accepts car donations as a means of providing funding for programming and other efforts. Please visit: http://www.aetnfoundation.org/giving/vehicle Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arkansas. This Little Rock based organizations provides children dealing with adversity with a mentor who builds a one-on-one relationship with the child, providing critical life guidance. Please visit: http://www.bbbsca.org/donate/car-donation/
CALIFORNIA Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles. Provides mentors for at-risk children in the Los Angeles area. For more information, please visit: http://www.kintera.org Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada County. Building a better future for children in the Grass Valley and Truckee areas by matching them with volunteer mentors. Please visit: http://www.bigsofnc.org/Donations.asp Cars 2 Kids. Supports a number of missions serving to benefit children in the Sacramento area. Please visit: http://www.cars2kids.com/ Covenant House California. Accepts car donations to fund their mission of reaching out to at-risk homeless youth living on the streets. Please visit: http://covenanthousecalifornia.org/donate-your-vehicle-pg.php Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles. Los Angeles' oldest charity, providing a number of services for the needy, regardless of an individual's background or religion. To help, please visit: http://www.jfsla.org/page.aspx?pid=284 KPBS Radio. A service of San Diego University, providing public radio to the San Diego area. To help, please visit: KQED Public Television and Radio. Provides public broadcasting in the Northern California area. For more info, please visit: http://www.kqed.org/support/cardonation/ Make A Wish Los Angeles Chapter. Provides children with life-threatening medical conditions with the opportunity to see their dreams realized. Please visit: http://www.wishla.org/car-donation-los-angeles My Car Helps. Servicing all of Southern California, My Car Helps provides funding to a number of charities. Please visit: http://www.mycarhelps.com/ Riteway Charity Services. Based in the Los Angeles area, Riteway accepts car donations in Southern California to benefit dozens of charities. Please visit: http://www.ritewaycharityservices.org/ Traveler's Aid of Los Angeles. Accepts car donations as a means of funding their mission of assisting individuals and families in times of crisis. Please visit: http://www.tasla.org/Credit%20Card%20Donations.htm
COLORADO Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado. Provides critical mentoring to at-risk youth. For more info, please visit: http://www.biglittlecolorado.org/cars_helping_kids.html Cars For Colorado. Accepts car donations as a means of providing funding for dozens of charities in the Colorado area. To help, please visit: http://www.carsforcolorado.org/ Colorado Christian Services. Since 1964, a state-licensed child placement agency. Also provides individual, marital and family counseling. Please visit: http://www.christianservices.org/donate-your-car.html Colorado Public Radio. Accepts car donations to help provide on-air programming. Please visit: http://www.cpr.org/article/legacy-cpr-47 Colorado Public Television. Provides public television programming in the Denver area. To help, please visit: http://www.cpt12.org/support/donate_car.cfm Community Cycles. This Boulder based organization advocates for the safe use of bicycles, provides recycled bicycles, and instruction on bicycle repair as a few of its missions. Please visit:
CONNECTICUT Coastal Fairfield County Habitat For Humanity ReStore. Help a family in Fairfield County to build a home with your car donation. For more information, please visit: http://www.fairfieldcountyrestore.org
DELAWARE Central Delaware Habitat For Humanity. Helps to build homes for local families in need. Visit: http://www.centraldelawarehfh.com/Donate.html Goodwill Delaware & Delaware County. Your car donation can help your local Goodwill chapter in their mission to provide job training and placement programs. To help, visit: http://www.goodwillde.org/Dontate_Cars.asp Meals on Wheels Delaware. Help to provide warm, nutritious meals to homebound senior citizens. Please visit: http://www.mealsonwheelsde.org/donate-a-car.htm
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA D.C. Safe. Provides crisis intervention and advocacy services to thousands of domestic violence victims yearly in the D.C. area. To learn more, please visit: http://dcsafe.org/support-safe/donate-a-car/
FLORIDA Catholic Community Foundation in the Archdiocese of Miami. Use your car donation to benefit the work of the church. To learn more, please visit: http://www.theccf.org/content.aspx?pg=73&nav=12 Florida Youth Orchestra. Works to provide a quality music education for talented children thoughout south Florida, regardless of background or financial situation. To help please visit: http://www.floridayouthorchestra.org/donate_car_truck_boat_rv.html Goodwill of Southwest Florida. Helps southwest Floridians with disabilities or other disadvantages to become more independent, through job training and placement, transportation assistance, and more. Please visit: http://www.goodwillswfl.org/donatevehicles/ Make A Wish Southern Florida Chapter. Use your car donation to help make a dream come true for a child with a life-threatening condition. Please visit: http://southernflorida.wheelsforwishes.org/
GEORGIA Georgia Radio Reading Service. Improves the quality of life for the blind by providing radio shows including cover-to-cover readings of magazines, books, and newspapers. To help, visit: http://www.garrs.net/donate_car.htm
HAWAII Hawaii Public Radio. Provides in-depth news programming, music and other entertainment options to the islands. To learn more, visit: http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/content/donate-your-car-hpr Kokua In Kind. Provides assistance to dozens of different charities around the Hawaiian islands. Please visit: http://www.kokuainkind.com/ Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Hawaii. Works to stop drunk driving on the Hawaiian islands, and to support victims of drunk driving. Please visit: http://maddhawaii.ning.com/profiles/blogs/donate-your-vehicle-to-madd National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii. Works to improve the health and well-being of individuals affected by kidney disease and urinary tract diseases. To help, please visit: http://kidneyhi.org/kidney-cars.asp
IDAHO Idaho Youth Ranch. Provides residential treatment for at-risk youth, family counseling, adoption and foster care services, and more. To learn more, please visit: http://www.idahocardonations4kids.com/ National Kidney Foundation of Utah & Idaho. Striving to improve the health and well-being of individuals affected by kidney disease and more. Please visit: http://www.kidneyut.org/
ILLINOIS Make A Wish Illinois Chapter. Helping to make dreams come true for children with life-threatening conditions. To learn more, please visit: http://illinois.wheelsforwishes.org/
INDIANA National Kidney Foundation of Indiana. Make a difference in Indiana for those suffering with kidney disease and urinary tract diseases. To learn more, visit: http://www.kidney.org/site/303/kidneycars.cfm?ch=303 Center For The Homeless. For over 20 years, Center For The Homeless has worked to help thousands of men, women, and children break the cycle of homelessness. Please visit: http://www.cfh.net/pages/donate/cars/
IOWA Teen Challenge of the Midlands. A faith-based organization working to help individuals of all ages who are struggling with life-controlling issues such as drug addiction and alcoholism. To help, please visit: http://www.tcmid.org/endroad_faq.htm
KANSAS Goodwill Industries of Kansas. Use your donation to make a difference in Kansas for this organization, working to help people with disabilities and other barriers to employment. Visit: http://www.goodwillks.org/donations
KENTUCKY Goodwill Industries of Kentucky. Working toward employing those with barriers to employment, such as disabilities and other issues. To help, please visit: http://www.gwik.org/content.cfm?sec=9&subsec=1440
LOUISIANA Volunteers of America North and Central Louisiana. Help this faith-based organization to make a difference for those in need in the Shreveport, Monroe, and Alexandria areas. To learn more, please visit: http://www.voanorthla.org
MAINE Center For Ecological Living & Learning. Provides an opportunity for college students to work around the world promoting environmental, community, and global sustainability. To help, please visit: http://www.cellonline.org/
MASSACHUSETTS Boston Area Rape Crisis Center. Use your car donation to benefit the only rape crisis center in the Greater Boston area, and the oldest and largest center in Massachusetts. Please visit: http://www.barcc.org/join/cars Habitat For Humanity Greater Boston. Working to help families in need to build simple, low-cost homes in the Greater Boston area. Please visit: http://www.habitatboston.org/donate.html
MICHIGAN Charity Motors. Charity Motors has distributed over 24 million dollars to over two thousand charities, and operates a location in Detroit. To help, please visit: http://charitymotors.org/donate.php Michigan Humane Society. This animal welfare charity works to provide homes for thousands of animals in Michigan every year, among a number of other services provided. You can help make a difference... please visit: http://www.michiganhumane.org/site/PageNavigator/donate_otherWays Mother Waddles Car Donation Program. Working to provide food, hope, and dignity to the impoverished, in Detroit and throughout Southeast Michigan. To help, visit: http://www.motherwaddles.org/ Special Olympics Michigan. Working to help individuals with intellectual disabilities to participate and receive respect as members of communities, through sports competition. To help, visit: http://www.somi.org/x188.xml
MINNESOTA Courage Center. Based in Minneapolis, this rehabilitation and resource center empowers those with disabilities to realize their full potential in all aspects of their lives. To help out, please visit: http://www.couragecenter.org/contentpages/cars.aspx Disabled American Veterans of Minnesota. Made up exclusively of men and women who were disabled in our nation's defense, this organization works to improve the lives of those disabled while defending our country. Please visit: http://www.vehiclesforveterans.org/ Minnesota Teen Challenge. A faith-based organization working to help both teens and adults break their addictions to alcohol and drugs. Please visit: http://www.mntc.org/ways-to-give-and-be-involved Minnesota Valley Action Council. Since 1965, this charity has served south central Minnesota by assisting those in low-wage work with securing housing, transportation, job training and more. Please visit: http://www.mnvac.org/Donate_Car_01.php Minnesota Vietnam Veterans Charity. Although the name implies that this charity provides benefits only to Vietnam vets, they actually provide services to a range of veterans, from those who served in WWII, to service men and women deployed in the modern conflicts of the Middle East. Please visit: http://veteranscardonations.com/ Newgate Education Center. Located in Minneapolis, this charity uses your car donation towards its efforts to provide automotive training for individuals who lack the resources and support to pay for technical training. To help, please visit: http://www.newgateschool.org/whychoosenewgate.htm Wheels For Wishes Minnesota Chapter. Help to make a dream come true for a child with a life-threatening condition. To learn more, please visit: http://minnesota.wheelsforwishes.org/why-donate-your-car/
MISSISSIPPI Goodwill Industries of South Mississippi. Helping people with disabilities or other advantages to achieve and maintain employment, leading to a better way of life. Please visit: http://www.goodwillsms.org/vehicledonation/ Special Olympics Mississippi. Use your donation to help children and adults with intellectual disabilities to reach their potential through sports training and Olympic-type athletic competition. To help, please visit: http://www.specialolympicsms.org/donate/
MISSOURI MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries. Providing opportunities for persons with barriers to employment to work and live more independently in the community. Visit: http://www.mersgoodwill.org/auto-and-boat-donations
NEVADA Alzheimer's Association - Northern California & Northern Nevada. Working to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the adancement of research, and to provide and enhance care for all those who are affected. Please visit: http://www.alz.org/norcal/in_my_community_12436.asp Nevada Public Radio. Providing quality radio programming the Las Vegas area and other areas of Nevada. To help, please visit: http://www.knpr.org/common/autoFAQ.cfm
NEW HAMPSHIRE New Hampshire Public Radio. Support public radio programming in Portsmouth and many other areas of New Hampshire. Please visit: http://www.nhpr.org/support/cardonation Special Olympics New Hampshire. Make a difference by supporting this organization, which works to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Please visit: http://www.sonh.org/
NEW JERSEY Masonic Home of New Jersey. Providing assisted living, residential living, short-term care and more through the blessings of this 517-bed facility. To help with this mission, please visit: http://www.njmasonic.org/Giving/CarDonations/tabid/66/Default.aspx Newark Public Radio, WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM. Providing quality jazz and news programming in the Newark area. To learn more, please visit: http://www.wbgo.org/autodonation
NEW MEXICO Casa Esperanza. Providing housing to families who are referred to Albuquerque for cancer treatment, regardless of their financial situation. To help, please visit: http://www.casaesperanzanm.org/vehicles.htm
NEW YORK Food on Wheels. Since 1992, this charity has been providing nutritious meals to low-income familes. To help in this mission, please visit: http://www.foodonwheels.org/donatenow.html Kidney Cars of Western New York. Help the National Kidney foundation in its efforts to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals affected by these diseases, and increasing the availability of organs for transplantation. Please visit: http://www.kidney.org/site/111/kidneycars.cfm?ch=111 WBAI 99.5 FM, New York City. Providing quality public radio programming for NYC through news, talk, art and music features. You can help! Please visit: http://www.wbai.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9756 WNET New York City. Also known simply as "thirteen", this public television station serves New York City and the tri-state area, and is the most-watched public television station in the nation. To help WNET, please visit: http://www.thirteen.org
NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina Conservation Network. Working to protect North Carolina's air, water, and quality of life. To help out please visit: http://www.ncconservationnetwork.org/support/cardonation North Carolina Public Radio. Providing a host of quality programming and NPR News to various parts of North Carolina, and also streaming online. Please visit: http://www.donatingiseasy.org/CarDonationInfo.aspx?CID=182 Wheels4Hope. Wheels4Hope is a faith-based charity that works toward providing affordable transportation to low-wage individuals and families in the Raleigh and Triad areas of North Carolina. To help, please visit: http://www.wheels4hope.org/
NORTH DAKOTA National Kidney Foundation. Through Kidney Cars, you can help NKF to work toward prevention and treatment of kidney diseases. To learn more, visit: http://www.kidney.org/support/car-donation-state/car-donation-north-dakota/
OHIO Central Ohio Youth For Christ. Through several different missions, this faith-based charity provides an outreach to to teens and their families through mentoring, ministry, an online presence and more. Please visit: http://www.coyfc.org/what/citylife/wheels/donate_vehicle/ Delaware County Habitat For Humanity. Working to provide affordable homeownership opportunities for families in need of decent shelter. Visit: http://habitatdelawareco.org/donate/ Society of St. Vincent de Paul. This charity provides basic living necessities to individuals facing difficult situations in the Cincinnati area, regardless of race or religious affiliation. To help, please visit: http://www.svdpcincinnati.org/Donate/Vehicle_Donations/FAQ/ Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio. Since 1896 the Volunteers of America have been working, through thousands of human service programs, to support and empower America's most vulnerable citizens. You can help in Ohio! To learn more, please visit: http://www.voaautodonation.org
OKLAHOMA KCSC Classical Radio 90.1 FM. Support Oklahoma's only locally-programmed classical music radio station. To help, please visit: http://www.kcscfm.com/support/vehicle-donation-program/ Make A Wish Oklahoma Chapter. Help to grant the wish of a child with a life-threatening condition in Oklahoma. To learn more, please visit: http://www.oklahoma.wish.org/car-donations
OREGON American Lung Association of Oregon. Working to fight various lung diseases, and promoting lung health. To learn more, please visit: http://www.mrsnv.com/evt/home.jsp?id=1825 Make A Wish Foundation of Oregon. Use your car donation to help grant the wish of a child with a life-threatening condition. To help, please visit: http://orwish.org/ways-to-help/vehicle-donation/ Oregon Humane Society. For over 140 years, OHS has worked to shelter abandoned animals and fight cruelty and neglect. You can help... please visit: http://www.oregonhumane.org/donate/autos_for_animals.asp Oregon Public Broadcasting. Providing public programming such as news, music, children's features and more, via television and radio broadcasts. To support OPB, please visit: http://www.opb.org/support/vehicledonation/ Oregon Wild. Working to protect and restore Oregon's wildlands, wildlife and water as an enduring legacy for all Oregonians. To help, please visit: http://www.oregonwild.org/about/donate/vehicle-donations Portland Women's Crisis Line. Founded in 1972, PWCL provides a toll-free Crisis Line for victims of sexual and domestic abuse, among other missions. To help, please visit: http://pwcl.org/donate/donate-your-vehicle/ Reach Community Development. Based in Portland, REACH works to provide quality, affordable housing for individuals, families and communities to thrive. Please visit: http://reachcdc.org/donate/donate-a-vehicle/ United Way of the Columbia - Willamette. Advancing the common good and creating a better way of life for people in the four-county region of Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties in Oregon, and Clark county in southwest Washington. To help, please visit: Volunteers of America Oregon. Providing social services to victims of domestic violence, help for at-risk youth, assistance to senior citizens, and many more benefits to those in need. To help VOA Oregon accomplish its missions, please visit: http://www.voaor.org/vehicle_donations
PENNSYLVANIA North Hills Community Outreach. Through the Community Auto Program, this organization accepts donated vehicles, refurbishes them, then resells the vehicles at reasonable prices, plus other benefits, to families in need. To learn more, please visit: http://www.nhco.org/auto.cfm Wheels Of Work. Providing safe and reliable vehicles to disadvantaged individuals and families of southwestern Pennsylvania. To help, please visit: http://thelighthouseonline.net/donate-now/donate-your-car/ WXPN FM 88.5. Support the non-commercial, member-supported radio service of the University of Pennsylvania. To learn more, please visit: http://www.xpn.org/support-xpn/member-car
RHODE ISLAND National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Rhode Island Chapter. Use your car donation to help free the world of multiple sclerosis. Please visit: http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/rir/donate/index.aspx Rhode Island PBS. Use your car donation toward promoting quality public programming in the Rhode Island area. To learn more, please visit: http://www.ripbs.org/Auction/Vehicle_Donations/vehicle_donation.html
SOUTH CAROLINA ETV Endowment of South Carolina. Support the work of ETV and ETV Radio, South Carolina's unique media voices in education and public broadcasting. To help, visit: http://www.scetv.org/support/endowment/donate_vehicle.cfm
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Empire Wheels To Work. Assisting low-income, single-parent families with obtaining a reliable vehicle. You can help... to learn more, please visit: http://www.wheels-2-work.org/faq/faq.htm
TENNESSEE Make A Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee. Working to grant the wishes of children in Tennessee with life-threatening conditions. To help, please visit: http://www.midtnwishes.org/car_donation.php Nashville Public Television. Support Nashville's independent, non-profit PBS television station. To help, please visit: http://wnpt.org WKNO Television. Use your car donation to support public broadcasting in Memphis. To learn more, please visit: http://www.wkno.org/vehicle.html
TEXAS Central Texas Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Providing shelter, food, medical care and adoption services for homeless and abandoned dogs and cats. Visit: http://www.centraltexasspca.org/other-programs.html Charity Motors. Charity Motors has distributed over 24 million dollars to over two thousand charities, and operates locations in Dallas and Houston. To help, please visit: http://charitymotors.org/donate.php Goodwill Industries of East Texas. Providing skills training and vocational opportunities for people with barriers to employment. To help, please visit: http://www.tylergoodwill.com/Donate/Goods/Used-Car-Donations/ KERA TV/Radio, Dallas. Providing public broadcasting in the Dallas area since the 1960's. To help, please visit: http://www.kera.org/donate/vehicle/ KLRN TV San Antonio. Enriching the lives of the people of south central Texas through public television broadcasting. You can help... please visit: http://klrn.org/support/OtherWays.aspx KUT Radio, Austin. Providing public radio broadcasting to the Austin area. To learn more, please visit: http://kut.org/car-donation/ KXT 91.7 FM. Bringing public radio to North Texas, featuring a variety of artists and genres, including a number of perfomers from within Texas. To help, please visit: http://kxt.org/vehicle/ Teen Challenge of Texas. A faith-based organization working to help teens and adults to break their addiction to alcohol and drugs. Please visit: http://www.tctexas.org/getinvolved/donate_vehicle.htm
UTAH National Kidney Foundation of Utah and Idaho. Working to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation. Visit: http://www.kidneyut.org/
VERMONT Good News Garage. Creating economic opportunity by providing affordable and reliable transportation options for people in need. To help, please visit: http://www.goodnewsgarage.org/
VIRGINIA WNRN FM. Use your car donation to promote and preserve public radio in central Virginia. To learn how you can help, please visit:
WASHINGTON EarthShare Washington. Promoting environmental education, volunteerism, and charitable giving in Washington state. Please visit: http://esw.org/donate_car Volunteers of America Eastern Washington & Northern Idaho. Providing thousands of services that help those in need to rebuild their lives and reach their full potential. Please visit:
WEST VIRGINIA Good News Mountaineer Garage. Providing vehicles to families who need transportation to get to work and job training, enabling them to become self-supporting. Please visit: http://www.goodnewsmountaineergarage.com/
WISCONSIN Habitat For Humanity of Oshkosh. Assisting families in need in realizing their dream of owning a home. To help, please visit: Public Radio 90. Bringing quality public radio broadcasting to the upper Great Lakes Region. To help, please visit: http://wnmu.publicbroadcasting.net/CARS_FAQs.html Rawhide Boys Ranch. A faith-based charity working to help troubled teen boys to change their lives. You can help! Please visit: http://www.rawhide.org/home/donate/donateanitem/donateanitem.aspx Wisconsin Interfaith Needs Response (WINR). Organized by an ecumenical coalition of faith communities, WINR works to answer the needs of those in poverty. To help, please visit: http://www.winronline.org/donate.html
WYOMING American Lung Association of Wyoming. Working to fight all lung diseases, with a focus on asthma and tobacco control. To help, please visit: http://www.mrsnv.com/evt/home.jsp?id=1887 Habitat For Humanity of the Greater Teton Area. Working to build houses in partnership with families who need a hand up, not a hand out. To donate, please visit: http://www.tetonhabitat.org/support/cars-for-homes/
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