Donate a Car in California

Donate a car to support any of the California non-profits listed below. We accept car donations on behalf of charitable and non-profit organizations throughout California — from San Diego to Crescent City. We accept cars, trucks, trailers, boats, RV's, motorcycles, and many other motorized vehicles. In most cases, we can accept your vehicle even if it hasn't run in years! And pickup of your vehicle is always free!

Learn More About How to Donate a Car

If you've never donated a car or other vehicle before, please see our How to Donate a Car page for information about what steps are required to donate. For answers to common car donation questions, please read our Car Donation FAQ page.

Donate your car, truck, RV, boat, or other vehicle to any organization listed below. If your favorite non-profit is not listed, read about how to donate a car to any non-profit.

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2-1-1 San Diego

ABC Youth Foundation

Abilities United, Inc.

ACLU Foundation of Southern California

ACTERRA

Acts Community Development Corporation

AIDS Emergency Fund/AEF

AIDS Service Center

Alice Birney Parent Guild

Alpha Project

Alpine Library Friends Association - ALFA

AlSadaqa

Alternative Healing Network, Inc.

America's Baby Cancer Foundation

American Association for Cancer Support, Inc.

American Red Cross Antelope Valley

American Red Cross Arcadia

American Red Cross Bay Area

American Red Cross Capital Region Chapter

American Red Cross Central Valley

American Red Cross Claremont

American Red Cross Del Norte County

American Red Cross Glendale-Crescenta Valley

American Red Cross Greater Long Beach

American Red Cross Greater Los Angeles

American Red Cross High Desert

American Red Cross Humboldt County

American Red Cross Inland Empire

American Red Cross Kern

American Red Cross Monterey Bay Area

American Red Cross Napa County

American Red Cross Orange County

American Red Cross Rio Hondo

American Red Cross Riverside County

American Red Cross San Gabriel Pomona Valley

American Red Cross San Luis Obispo

American Red Cross Santa Barbara

American Red Cross Santa Cruz County Chapter

American Red Cross Santa Monica

American Red Cross Silicon Valley

American Red Cross Sonoma, Mendocino & Lake Counties

American Red Cross Three Rivers

American Red Cross Tulare-Kings

American Red Cross Ventura County

Angel Interfaith Network, Inc.

Angeles del Desierto

Angels Foster Family Network

Animal Friends Foundation, Inc.

Aquarium of the Pacific

Armed Services YMCA of the USA

Arts for LA

Asian Pacific American Legal Center

Assistance League of Redlands

Association of Calapenos - USA International

Autism Research Institute

Autism Society of America/ASA-San Diego County Chapter

Autism Speaks

Autry National Center of the American West

Awakenings Health Institute

B.R.A.K.E.S Charity

Bay Area Youth Vaishnav Parivar (BAYVP)

Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County

Bluegrass Country (WAMU)

Breast Cancer Emergency Fund

Burlingame Community for Education Foundation (BCE)

Butte Humane Society (Chico, CA)

C.S. Lewis Foundation

California Surf Museum

California Veterans Assistance Foundation

CALPIRG Education Fund

Calvary Temple Worship Center Spanish Ministry

Cancer Federation

Cancer Support Community (CSC)

Cancer Support Community - Redondo Beach

Canopy

Capital Public Radio- KXJZ/KXPR Sacramento

Car Donating Is Easy

Cardiff Schools Education Association

Carol Brooke Ministries

Catholic Charities of Orange County

Children's Council of San Francisco

Children's Creativity Museum

Church World Service

CJ Foundation for SIDS

Coastside Land Trust

Collective Roots

Commonweal Institute

Communities for a Better Environment

Community Education Partnerships

Community Hospice of Victor Valley

Community Outreach and Opportunity Programs

Congregation Dor Hadash

Congregation Emeth

Congregation Shir Hadash

Coronado Hospital Foundation

Critical Resistance

Darrell Gwynn Foundation

Del Mar Foundation

Desert Samaritans for Seniors

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF)

Donate Life California

Downtown Women's Center

Eastern Madera County SPCA

Echoing Good

Edgewood Center for Children and Families

Elder Law & Advocacy

ElderHelp of San Diego

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Endurance With A Mission - Congressional District Programs, Inc. (CDP)

Environment California Research & Policy Center

Episcopal Community Services of San Diego

Escondido Humane Society

Faith Mountain Family Ministries

Family Health Centers of San Diego

Family House, Inc.

Feather River Health Foundation

First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego

First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica

Flux Foundation

Foundation for Autistic Childhood Education and Support (F.A.C.E.S.)

Franklin County Humane Society - VT

Friends of Del Mar Parks

Friends of L.A.C.E.S.

Friends of Roy's Foundation, Inc.

Friends of the Formerly Friendless

Friends of Wonderland

Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (The)

Gallo Center for the Arts

Global Water

Golden Empire Gleaners, Inc.

Golden Heart Ranch

Grant School Community Foundation

Greenroads Foundation

Grossmont Hospital Foundation

Guide Dogs for the Blind

Hamilton Family Center

Heartland House

High Tech High Foundation

Homeless Childrens Network

HOPE worldwide

Horn of Africa Community

Horses of Tir Na Nog

Hospice of North Coast

Human Rights Campaign Foundation

iHOPEoc

Interfaith 50 - 50

Interfaith Community Services - Escondido & Oceanside

Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank

Janet Goeske Foundation

JAZZ 88 - KSDS

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

Jewish Community Center of the East Bay

Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia

Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara

Jewish Federation of Ventura County

JFS San Diego

Juma Ventures

Kadima Conservatory of Music, Inc.

KAZU

KCET-Los Angeles, CA

KCRW

KCSN-FM

KDFC

Kehillah Jewish High School

KHSU - Diverse Public Radio

Kiwanis Club of Rancho Bernardo/KCRB

KMTP

KPBS-San Diego

KPCC-Southern CA Radio

KPFK - Hollywood

KQED San Francisco

KSER

KSVG-Kern Community Radio

KUSC-Los Angeles, CA

KVCR-San Bernardino, CA

KVIE Sacramento

La Jolla Music Society

Lake Merritt Institute, The

Land Alone, Inc.

LifeLong Medical Care

Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired

LINK TV - Television Without Borders

Loma Linda Filipino Church

Lomita Railroad Museum

Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice

Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic

Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation

Los Angeles Police Foundation

Lotus Outreach

Lung Cancer Alliance

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) California - Los Angeles

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) California - Orange County

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) California - Sacramento

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) California - San Diego

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) California - San Francisco

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) National Office

Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Central California

Make-A-Wish® Northeastern California and Northern Nevada

Metropolitan Community Church of San Diego

Mission Hills United Church of Christ

Mississippi Public Broadcasting

Montaña de Luz

Multiple Sclerosis Association of America/MSAA

NAMI San Diego (National Alliance on Mental Illness)

National Foundation for Cancer Research

National Greyhound Foundation

National Hemophilia Foundation

National Wild Turkey Federation Gold Country Gobblers Chapter

New Americans Museum

Newport Harbor Educational Foundation

No Lies Radio

North Beach Citizens

North Coast Repertory Theatre

Oakland Zoo, The

OASIS Pacific Region

OASIS San Diego; CA

Office of the Americas

Orange Empire Railway Museum

Oranje Voetbal Club

Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral

Pacific Asian Counseling Services (PACS)

Parkinson's Association of San Diego (PASD)

Parkinson's Disease Foundation

Peninsula Youth Program

People For Animal Welfare In El Dorado County (PAWED)

PETCO Foundation

Photocharity

Pit Bull Rescue San Diego

Playwrights Project

Pocket Opera

Pomona Host Lions Charities, Inc.

Portola & Excelsior Family Connections

Poway High School

Premier Cats and Kittens

Progressive Jewish Alliance

Project Wildlife

Promises2Kids (founded as the Child Abuse Prevention Foundation)

Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission

Quail Ridge Wilderness Conservancy

Radio Bilingüe, Inc.

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic - Los Angeles Unit

Redeemer Lutheran Church

Rock Church Thrift Store

Ronald McDonald House of San Francisco

Saban Free Clinic (Los Angeles Free Clinic)

Sacramento Tree Foundation

Sacred Heart Church of Ocean Beach

Saint John's Episcopal Church

San Diego Armed Services YMCA / ASYMCA

San Diego City College Foundation

San Diego County Ag in the Classroom

San Diego Freedom Ranch, Inc.

San Diego Humane Society and SPCA

San Diego Maquiladora Workers’ Solidarity Network

San Diego Zoo (Zoological Society of San Diego)

San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy

San Francisco Bay Area Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

San Francisco LGBT Community Center

San Mateo County History Museum

Sandburg Elementary School Foundation

Sarcoma Alliance

Save the Music

Sempervirens Fund

Services for Brain Injury

Sharp HealthCare Foundation

Sierra HOPE

Sound of Hope, FM92.3

Southwestern Christian School

spcaLA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles)

Spondylitis Association of America (SAA)

SPORTS for Exceptional Athletes

St. Joachim's Church

St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Del Mar

St. Vincent de Paul Elementary School

SteppingStone Health

Stop Hunger Now

Sunset Center

Susan G. Komen for the Cure - Inland Empire

Susan G. Komen for the Cure - San Diego

Synergy Art Foundation

Talmudic University

Temple City High School Grad Nite Committee

Temple Solel

The ARAS Foundation

The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD)

The Creek Covenant Church

The Crucible

The Eye Defects Research Foundation

The Kidney Trust

The Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF)

The Minority Health Institute, Inc.

The Mosaic Project

The New Children's Museum

TheatreFIRST

Therapeutic Living Centers for the Blind

Tierrasanta Lutheran Church

Toward Maximum Independence, Inc. (TMI, Inc.)

Twilight Wish Foundation

UCP of Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties

Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis

United Methodist Church of Los Altos

Unity Palo Alto

USO of San Diego

Vacaville Neighborhood Boys & Girls Clubs

Valley Community Clinic

Valley Mental Health Foundation

Valley PBS

Villa Musica

Viola Blythe Community Service Center of Newark, Inc.

VNA Hospice & Palliative Care of Southern California

Voices For Children

WAND Education Fund (Women's Action for New Directions)

WellPet Humane

WISE (Westwood Charter Elementary School)

Women's Health Specialists

World Concern

Writer's Guild Foundation

XLNC1

YMCA of Superior California

YMCA of the Central Bay Area

Young Audiences of San Diego

  

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Non-Profits By City

Would you like to donate a car to a non-profit based in your city?  Use one of the links below to find a non-profit right where you live.

Alpine Eureka Newport Beach San Francisco
Angels Camp Foster City North Hollywood San Jose
Apple Valley Fresno Northridge San Luis Obispo
Arcadia Glendale Oakhurst San Rafael
Arcata Half Moon Bay Oakland Santa Ana
Bakersfield Hermosa Beach Oceanside Santa Barbara
Banning Huntington Beach Oxnard Santa Cruz
Berkeley La Jolla Palm Desert Santa Monica
Beverly Hills La Mesa Palmdale Santa Rosa
Burbank Lomita Palo Alto Seaside
Burlingame Long Beach Paradise Sherman Oaks
Camarillo Los Altos Pasadena Shingle Springs
Campo Los Angeles Perris Solana Beach
Cardiff By The Sea Los Gatos Petaluma South Pasadena
Carlsbad Madera Pinole South San Francisco
Carmel By The Sea Martinez Pomona Temecula
Chico Menlo Park Poway Temple City
Chula Vista Mill Valley Redlands Vacaville
Claremont Milpitas Redondo Beach Van Nuys
Coronado Modesto Redwood City Ventura
Crescent City Montebello Reseda Victorville
Davis Morgan Hill Riverside Walnut Creek
Del Mar Mountain View Sacramento Whittier
East Palo Alto Napa San Bernardino Woodland Hills
El Cajon Nevada City San Bruno Yuba City
Encino Newark San Clemente  
Escondido Newman San Diego  

Donate a Car to Your Favorite Non-Profit!

If you don't see your favorite non-profit listed, you may still be able to donate to them. Just fill out this Car Donation Form and include the name of your favorite non-profit in the Add Message section.

To find out more about the non-profit organizations we support and the locations we serve, please contact:

Bruce Bauer, Development Director
getstarted@careasy.org
(888)634-7227