Florida Car Donation Organizations

Below you will find a list of organization where you can donate your car or automobile in Florida to charitable organizations. Donating your car in Florida helps these organizations to achive the funding necessary to do the charitable work they do in Florida. Depending on the condition of the vehicles the cars are sold or dismanteled for parts and the proceeds helps this organization raise the money in order to to o all the good they do for the communities in Florida.

• Autism Speaks
• Blazesports America, Inc
• Breast Cancer Fund
• Cars for Jobs
• Diabetic Youth Foundation
• Doctors without Borders
• Glaucoma Research Foundation
• Kars4kids
• Mercy For Animals
• National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
• National Kidney Foundation
• National Marine Life Center
• Operation Enduring Freedom Family Fund
• Surf Aid International
• The Marine Mammal Center
• VIDA - Volunteers for Inter American Development Assistance
• Youth Radio

When you donate your car in Florida the donation is tax deductible, however the value is determined based on IRS rules and also the donation facility or oganizaiton you choose. Some organization give you the market value based on sources like Kelly Blue Book others when they sell or monetize the vehicle will send you the donation amount.

In order to donate your car in Florida you need to have registration documents to sign over when you surrender the vehicle to the organization you are donating. If you don't have a copy of the registration and you are the owner you can get a copy from Florida DMV for a small fee. When the donation is made and you surrender the car you must sign over the pink slip or the registration form and this should end your liability on the vehicle. In Florida you usually hold on to your license plates and return them to DMV in Florida. Exception to the registration rule in Florida are boats and snowmobiles also cars older than 1975. Don't forget to fill in the odometer reading when you sign the Florida registration form, this assures that if anything happens because of the car sucha s an accident you have proof that you were no longer the owner or driver of the vehicle.

Salvation Army
1901 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
(954) 463-3725

Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida
11347 SW 160th St. Miami, FL 33157
(305) 253-4841

Cars for Breast Cancer Car Donation
8100 McCoy Road Suite 1, Orlando, FL 32822
(407) 900-0538

Kars4Kids Car Donation
1157 Jestream Drive, Orlando, FL 32824
(407) 803-6392

Goodwill Donation Center
3935 S. Ferdon Blvd. Crestview, FL 32536
(850) 689-2663

Tips for Donating Your Car or Vehicle

Find a worthy charity, do your homework specially if the charity you usually donate to does not take cars.

Make sure the charity you have chosen in Florida is IRS approved so your deduction is tax-deductible. You can find out more information at the IRS site or by readin publication 78 provided by IRS on this subject. You can download a copy of this publication on IRS site by searchig for it.

Once you have selected a charity see if you can drop your car off yourself, your good deed goes a long way since the charity has to pay fees to third parties to pickup the car.

In order to protect yourself from any liabilities or future parking tickets in Florida, transfer the title to the charity and inform the local Florida DMV of the transfer.

Make sure you have proper documentation of your donation if the car value or the value of your donation exceeds $500 then you will need to document it by filling IRS tax form 8283 and for amounts over $5,000 you will need to get an appraisal for the value of your donation. Most usually you can find the value of your car by checking the Kelley Blue Book, the values of car might be slightly different in Florida but in general it is based on age and mileage and condition of the car. And for cars that are worth more than $500 IRS might require a proof from the charity to show how much they got for the car. So be sure to ask for these documents when you make your donation.