Connect with or create a vehicle donation program
Individuals lacking access to a vehicle face barriers to employment, health care, child care, and other essential aspects of life.
Partner with vehicle donation programs or develop your own program to accept donated vehicles. The IRS guidelines for vehicle donation are not cumbersome for 501c3 nonprofits.
To get started:
Explore if vehicle donation programs exist in your region and if you can partner with them to obtain vehicles for your clients.
Research how vehicle donation programs around the country have addressed the issue.
Best Practices / Innovative Programs
Wheels to Work is a 20-year-old Sioux Falls, South Dakota nonprofit that matches qualifying single-parent families with safe and reliable donated vehicles free of charge. They call donated vehicles “Angel Cars” because they have such a profoundly positive impact on the lives of those who receive them.
