The Tax Deductible Donations Forum
* Vehicles and other related such assets are not sold
directly by the organizations for many reason:
1) They are not chartered to do so; their purpose is
cause, education or wareness oriented.
2) They are not equipped in knowledge, space, personal, and
temperatment to do it.
3) They are not licensed to do it, nor do they want to be responsible
for the dealer responsibilities such as Lemon Laws.
4) They are sensitive to the public's perception of donations going to pay
for overhead which a dealership would definitely entail, and not to the of the organization's purpose.
It's simple: Non-profits like to receive donations free an clear
of expense unless there is an overriding purpose such as an annual gala, road race, etc which also act further the organizations
support via building awareness through media coverage and corporate sponsorship.
Charities are ranked in several ways; one is according to their administrative overhead
cost. When they can simply obtain a check for a PERCENTAGE of your donation's sale they are thrilled because it
costs them about nothing in time, effort, and money, to raise his amount. Hence vehicles donations are a VERY EFFICIENT
WAY for non-profit to raise money for their worthy causes. It is also a VERY EFFICENT way for donors for they get to
deduct the FULL AMOUNT of the sales price.