Donating Your Car to Charity in Atlanta, Georgia

Donating your car to charity not only helps those who can't afford to buy brand new cars, but it also helps fund charitable works. While you are doing good for both the charity and the purchaser of your donated vehicle - you will also benefit by getting a tax deduction for your donation.

Remember, not all charities are the same. A very reputable charity is the Auto Donation Center of Georgia based out of Georgia (www.myautodonationcenter.com). This great car charity helps children in Georgia who have cancer.

This charity is different from any other car charity, because your car won't be shipped off to an auction and sold way below retail value. Instead, your vehicle will be given all reasonable repairs and cleaned before it is sold to a retail market. This means your tax deduction will be maximized.

Before you decide to make a car donation, find out exactly what will happen to your vehicle after it is donated. Where will your vehicle be sold? Is there a retail car lot where it will be sold to the public? Where can you go see the vehicles that the charity has for sale to the public?

The Auto Donation Center of Georgia is also different because it does not use a third-party "broker" which gets a huge slice of the donation (instead of the charity). Be wary of donating your car to a "program" where you can select which charity receives your donation.

The charity usually ends up with pennies in their pocket compared to what your donated vehicle is worth. Also, you are usually dealing with people who are not volunteers and who do not even live in Georgia!!! And the tow truck driver who comes to your door is not even employed by the charity.

Donating your car is a great thing to do - but do your research first!