Kidney Foundation Car Donation - The Best Charity & Tax Deduction

Feb 1
08:51

2011

Charles Browning

Charles Browning

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Kidney Foundation Car Donations have now helped 1000s of victims, but yet more help is seriously needed. Here's the best way to get a hold of a tax deduction while achieving something good.

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Kidney Foundation car donations have already helped 1000s of kidney patients,Kidney Foundation Car Donation - The Best Charity & Tax Deduction Articles but further help is desperately needed.   The National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Cars Program is a charitable organization which enables you to donate your used vehicle (and even boat) in exchange for two benefits you won't get from a dealer trade-in:

 You get that good feeling of having achieved something really worthwhile - helping out people with kidney disease, and you also may get a good tax deduction.

 Why is a Kidney Foundation car donation better than others?  Because a greater portion of your donation goes to helping the 'real' charity -  over eighty one cents of every dollar, including these programs and services:

    *  Screenings for earlier detection of kidney disease and help for patients and their own families.
    *  Ongoing education programs for doctors and other health care experts to ensure they keep up-to-date with the most up-to-date advances in kidney disease related medicine.
    * Important kidney disease research.
    * Public education that stresses the lack of donated kidneys.
    * Patient advocacy training to deal with patients' needs through legislation.

What are the requirements for donating your vehicle to the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Cars Program?

   1.  Has to be in one piece.
   2. Damage to the frame must be reported.
   3. Make note of the mileage as well as general condition.
   4. Know the year, make, and model and the VIN# (Vehicle ID Number).
   5.  Have the title in your possession.

 How could I go about making the actual Kidney car donation?

a. You can call in your donation to a National Kidney Foundation representative.  He or she will ask you a few questions to help schedule your free vehicle pickup.

b. You can complete an online form.

 Either way, you'll receive a packet in the mail with the details of how to proceed.    Before the actual pickup of your vehicle can be made, however, the National Kidney Foundation representative must receive your completed car donation packet. 

...You will then receive a letter that acknowledges your intent to make a charity car donation.   This letter will include the vehicle info, including your car donation tax deduction documentation.

So do not delay - make a Kidney Foundation Car Donation.    Your donation is desperately needed.   You may already know that kidney disease is a major health problem today.    How many people are affected?  Over 356,000 Americans depend on kidney dialysis equipment to keep them alive!     Over seventy-seven thousand kidney disease sufferers are hoping for a miracle - a donated kidney that will mean life for them.   But the following figure is astonishing:  More than 25 million Americans have got chronic kidney disease (CKD) and that figure is on the rise.     Because the illness usually doesn't show up until the kidneys are faltering, early diagnosis is difficult.