Tips on How to Choose the Best Car Donation Program

There are many car donation programs on the Internet making eye catching appeals for vehicles, but only a few of these programs actually make a difference to the charity.

Charities to Donate wants you to know the best choices that you have and we are pleased to provide complete clarity about where your car donation will go, which organization is being helped, and how it will get there.

BEST TIPS BEFORE YOU DONATE ANY CAR TO CHARITY:

> Always make sure that Charity organization in which you are going to donate is your well known and trusted. There is a number of organizations that accept car donations. Before donating, keep in mind that all charities are not created and maintained equal. Search for an organization who works for the benefit of the community and you recognize its work properly. Think twice about "charities" because they might appear with similar names to a charity you know (eg, Habitat for Humanity instead of Habitat for Humans ).

> Ask them about how the charity organization will receive the donation. The charity has a responsibility to better manage your donation of vehicle. Confirm from them that how much of the gross will return to the charity after you give a car to them. If the organization lists only the percentage of the net proceedings, your car donation could be wasted largely. Various published reports have clearly confirmed that most car donation programs have return between 15 and 35% of gross back to charity, but they declare as 50 to 70% of the net. This could be the difference to receive $ 1,000 or $ 150 for your car donation between charity of your choice.

> Once you have decided to donate a car to charity, sign the title directly to the charity organization or to their agent. All states have very clear rules on the transfer of ownership for vehicles. DO NOT LEAVE THE 'BUYER OF THE VIRGIN SECTION TITLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. By leaving the empty title, you allow anyone to transfer title from you directly anyone to the next buyer. There are two results of this mistake.

• The donor can remain responsible for the vehicle. This means responsible to the buyer and perhaps responsible for the actions of the buyer if the vehicle is not transferred correctly.
• The charity may not receive credit for the donation of the vehicle. By signing directly to the charity or legal contract agent, your assurance guarantees that the vehicle will actually be used for charitable purposes that you want to designate.

> Ask how your car donation will be used and handled. You must be aware of that the vehicle will be picked up and then transported by towing companies which ought to be properly licensed and insured and that the legal transfer of the donated vehicle will be provided by an authorized contracted by the charity distributor.

> Ask how and where your donated money will be spent. This should be easy to answer. You must search the charity or organization that makes the best use of your automatic donation funds. Beware of charitable car donation programs that promise to send a product to an organization without a direct relationship. All charities are not created equal, and all the car donation programs are not run with the same attention to donor wishes.