By donating to Charity Cars, a 501(C)(3) non-profit, you can still deduct the full "Fair Market Value" if we provide your vehicle to a disadvantaged person or family. Click here for more information.

For more information about the new car donations tax law, please review New Vehicle Donation Tax Law (HR4520)

'Charity Cars' is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization, and the first unique charity of its kind in the nation. Its mission is to provide a vehicle and vehicle support services to assist disadvantaged families in their transition from dependency to self-sufficiency.

The Charity Cars Program provides multiple services including a vehicle that has been refurbished to insure safety and reliability, current registered license tags, the down-payment for insurance, limited emergency roadside assistance, a limited service warranty, and case management assistance services to families willing to work. Accountability plays an important role in the program via the Charity Cars contract. Vehicles are registered and titled in the recipient's name, however, Charity Cars retains a lien on each vehicle for a period of one year so the vehicle cannot be sold. Recipients must be employed within thirty days upon the receipt of a vehicle and must remain employed throughout the lien period. Additionally, contractual obligations require recipients to maintain car insurance and to participate in follow up case studies.

Military Charities and the Original CHARITY CARS Program

Our Charity Cars for Military Families in Need Program is an important spin-off of our core program. The entire American community is asked to support this effort by donating cars and other vehicles, vehicle support services, as well as financial donations. Car donations, various vehicle service assistance, grants and financial donations from the public and businesses, large and small, will significantly aid in the mission to help those military service personnel that are in dire financial need.

CHARITY CARS' experience with recipients in the private sector is that the receipt of a vehicle has a profound effect upon the recipient's outlook on life. They seem to experience a rebirth of hope and self-esteem leading to renewed energy and ambition to succeed. Many recipients have even expressed the feeling that they have been given a second chance in life. Few programs can impact the quality of life of the disadvantaged as immediately and dramatically as Charity Cars. This same goal will be applied to financially struggling military personnel. There are more of them than the general public is aware of making the Charity Cars for Military Families in Need Program even more vital in supporting America's fighting forces and their families.

It is an exciting and pivotal moment in our nation's history when the decisions made today will effect the nation's strength and its financially poor (in both the military and civilian population), for decades to come.

The automobile has been and continues to be a symbol of personal freedom and self-sufficiency. This may explain, in part, why the Charity Cars program has been so enthusiastically embraced by the general public and has elicited so many vehicle donations. Many donors report that they can empathize with the poor who lack a vehicle in our car dependent society, having had the experience themselves.

In closing, it is appropriate to share the dream of many of our disadvantaged citizens and our financially struggling military personnel across America. It is not the traditional American dream of home ownership, but the simple assistance to own a car to enable them to get to and from work in a reliable manner, get the kids to/from daycare, get to the grocery store, etc., and take care of themselves and their children. With our Charity Cars for Military Families in Need Program, this also translates to helping our own military families which in turn helps all of us since these men and women are fighint daily to protect America.