Has anybody donated a car to charity before (in the US? CA in particular, but I imagine it’ll generalize outside of location-specific charities).
The general advice online is useful but not very narrowly-tailored. Couple points I’m looking for information on:
1) Good charities (from an EA perspective)
2) Clarification on the tax details (when car’s fair market value is between $500 and $5000)
Would appreciate any advice.
Since you didnt receive a lot of feedback, my thoughts:
a) Take your highest ranking EA orgs and ask them if they would benefit from having a car available to them. Donate car to that NGO.
b) Sell car at market value and donate money.
No clue to taxes, not being US-based.
Kars for Kids is one that advertises heavily but they use the revenue primarily to support ultra-orthodox religious education, which doesn’t seem very EA to me.
Has anybody donated a car to charity before (in the US? CA in particular, but I imagine it’ll generalize outside of location-specific charities).
The general advice online is useful but not very narrowly-tailored. Couple points I’m looking for information on:
1) Good charities (from an EA perspective)
2) Clarification on the tax details (when car’s fair market value is between $500 and $5000)
Would appreciate any advice.
Since you didnt receive a lot of feedback, my thoughts:
a) Take your highest ranking EA orgs and ask them if they would benefit from having a car available to them. Donate car to that NGO.
b) Sell car at market value and donate money.
No clue to taxes, not being US-based.
Kars for Kids is one that advertises heavily but they use the revenue primarily to support ultra-orthodox religious education, which doesn’t seem very EA to me.