Posted on 02/05/2022 6:59:05 PM PST by pfflier
I am seriously considering donating a 1999 30 ft travel trailer to a San Diego area 501C3 program for disabled veterans. Any advice out there on pitfalls or things to look out for? The two strongest candidate agencies claim they will pick it up and do all the paperwork. I would really like to give the proceeds to Fisher House but can't seem to find an specific pathway for that.
...”I want a clear title after the donation”...
Do what now?
Sell it and Donate the money.
All of the car donation operations are scams.
Why not ask if a freeper in your area needs this?
They can do the title transfer in your presence.
I sold a car a few days ago, there is no way it would have gone down outside of the vehicle license agency.
https://www.dav.org/vehicle-donation
Donate Your Car to Disabled American Veterans
‘All of the car donation operations are scams’
This. Especially kars for keds_
“All of the car donation operations are scams.”
Agree...they seem to spend 98% of their effort procuring cars and 2% of their effort helping kids. Most likely their ‘overhead’ takes up the vast majority of what they resale the cars for.
Having a "clear title" means you own it. You can't donate something and have clear title to it after you donate it. Maybe you mean something else.
Javco?
Wildwood?
Fleetwood?
I want a clean break so I can stop paying registration and insurance.
Any charity that accepts vehicles just sells them at auction for a fraction of what you could sell it for. Sure, it’s out of your hands and you feel good about your contribution, but it won’t do as much good as you think. On the other hand, if it’s just going to sit there and rot, at least your donation will do some good, rather than none.
That’s what I figured.
Only way to be sure is to do the transaction at the motor vehicle bureau. Sign it over in front of the agent and get some sort of documentation.
Call one. It will happen quickly and easily. You’ve already done all the steering you can do.
We donated a popup trailer to the Salvation Army years ago and signed over the title. The said they strip everything down to replace the plywood and wiring. Always wondered what happened to it.
I have wondered how all these homeless drug addicts are getting these RV’s. Are they buying them cheap from these scam charities? I would sell the RV yourself and donate the money to a veterans organization.
I have donated a half dozen vehiclesand tractor to Rodeheaver Boys Ranch in Palatka Florida for perhaps two decades. They are legitimate.
I had a van a year or so ago that I looked into doing that.
They wanted me to sign the title over without filling in who it was going to...so I asked what would prevent the guy picking it up from just putting their name on it?
They couldn’t answer me.
So I didn’t donate it.
Used travel trailer prices are up right now. Check NADA for the going price in you area. We paid $10,000 for a used one of a couple of years ago. NADA says this particular year/model is now going for $13-$15,000. It’s crazy out there.
I donated my very old Altima to Union Gospel Mission. They have an excellent used car lot in my city, probably the best, When I went in with the title, the Sales Manager said, “Hi, I’m Jack. I’m an alcoholic and the sales manager.:”
Terrific young man, born to be the sales manager of a car lot..If my present old but wonderful Infinity 30 dies, I’ll donate it to them too.
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