When people are asked to think of a hero, it is not very often that someone would say “Hey there, my hero is that junk automobile in your driveway!”. However, you would be amazed at what your junk vehicle can do. It can provide the funding for charities that search for cures for cancer, feed the homeless, provide humanitarian aid and do several other things to help your community. So, you wondering how it all works?

Well, it all starts with you! The first step in the process is consumers or companies donate a vehicle. Once the cars are donated the first step is to get it to the automobile donation facility. Because most automobile donations are junk cars, most automobile donation charities have contracts with nationwide towing companies. This makes the process of getting a non running automobile to a car donations facility simple and cheap!

The next step for the vehicle donation is for it to under go an analysis. The automobile donation analysis gives the car donation company everything they need to know when it comes to deciding to fix the automobile or call it a junk vehicle. Junk cars are stripped of all working parts. The non-working parts will also be removed along with the metal that holds it all together. These parts and scrap metal are all sold to generate cash for charity. If the vehicle is in a working condition and is worth fixing, many car donation charities will do everything to make the vehicle sell for more no matter if it needs engine work or aesthetic work.

Once the working parts are removed from the junk cars, they are usually sold to junk yards. Also, the metal is sold to scrap metal companies for top dollar. As for the working automobiles, most of them will make it to the auto auction. This is where auto dealers go to get a great deal on automobiles! Sometimes, car donation charities will have their own automobile sales lot. In this case, the cars in working condition will be sold from the automobile donation charity’s own car lot.

When a car donation is sold, the first thing that happens is the cost of processing the donation is deducted from the proceeds generated. Once the cash that it costs to process the car donation is paid back to the vehicle donation charity, the excess money is given to the charity that the people chose when they first donated their vehicles. Generally, junk automobiles result in a donation of anywhere from $200 to $700 and working cars can generate $1,000.00 or more depending on the year, make model and condition.

The reason I wanted to tell you how much cash car donations can generate for charities is because, well it also benefits people. The Americans who donate vehicles that generate under $500 will be given a $500 tax deduction. However, the people who donate cars that generate more than $500 will receive a tax deduction equal to the amount of cash that is generated from the donation!

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