T3t comments on Open thread, Nov. 16 - Nov. 22, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: T3t 16 November 2015 11:39:13PM 1 point [-]

Has anybody donated a car to charity before (in the US? CA in particular, but I imagine it'll generalize outside of location-specific charities).

The general advice online is useful but not very narrowly-tailored. Couple points I'm looking for information on:

1) Good charities (from an EA perspective)

2) Clarification on the tax details (when car's fair market value is between $500 and $5000)

Would appreciate any advice.

Comment author: Tripitaka 18 November 2015 12:43:18PM 1 point [-]

Since you didnt receive a lot of feedback, my thoughts:

a) Take your highest ranking EA orgs and ask them if they would benefit from having a car available to them. Donate car to that NGO.

b) Sell car at market value and donate money.

No clue to taxes, not being US-based.

Comment author: knb 17 November 2015 02:10:47AM 1 point [-]

Kars for Kids is one that advertises heavily but they use the revenue primarily to support ultra-orthodox religious education, which doesn't seem very EA to me.