Donate a Car in California

Donate a car to support any of the California charities 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 charity is not listed, read about how to donate a car to any charity.

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2-1-1 San Diego

Abilities United, Inc.

ACLU Foundation of Southern California

AIDS Emergency Fund/AEF

AIDS Service Center

Alpine Library Friends Association - ALFA

Alternative Healing Network, Inc.

American Association for Cancer Support, Inc.

American Red Cross 2011 Spring Storms

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 Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami

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

Aquarium of the Pacific

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

Bay Area Youth Vaishnav Parivar (BAYVP)

Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County

Breast Cancer Emergency Fund

Butte Humane Society (Chico, CA)

C.S. Lewis Foundation

California Veterans Assistance Foundation

Calvary Temple Worship Center Spanish Ministry

Cancer Federation

Cancer Support Community (CSC)

Canopy

Capital Public Radio- KXJZ/KXPR Sacramento

Car Donating Is Easy

Children's Creativity Museum

Church World Service

Coastside Land Trust

Collective Roots

Commonweal Institute

Communities for a Better Environment

Community Outreach and Opportunity Programs

Congregation Dor Hadash

Congregation Emeth

Critical Resistance

Del Mar Foundation

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF)

Downtown Women's Center

Edgewood Center for Children and Families

ElderHelp of San Diego

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

Episcopal Community Services of San Diego

Escondido Humane Society

Faith Mountain Family Ministries

Family Health Centers of San Diego

Family House, Inc.

First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego

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

Friends of Del Mar Parks

Friends of the Formerly Friendless

Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (The)

Gallo Center for the Arts

Global Water

Golden Empire Gleaners, Inc.

Golden Heart Ranch

Grant School Community Foundation

Guide Dogs for the Blind

Heartland House

High Tech High Foundation

HOPE worldwide

Horn of Africa Community

Horses of Tir Na Nog

Hospice of North Coast

Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank

Janet Goeske Foundation

JAZZ 88 - KSDS

JD Acres Horse Rescue

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

Jewish Community Center of the East Bay

Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara

Jewish Federation of Ventura County

JFS San Diego

Juma Ventures

Kadima Conservatory of Music, Inc.

KCET-Los Angeles, CA

KCRW

KCSN-FM

KDFC

Kehillah Jewish High School

KHSU - Diverse Public Radio

Kiwanis Club of Rancho Bernardo/KCRB

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

Lomita Railroad Museum

Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation

Los Angeles Police Foundation

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) California

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) National Office

Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Central California

Multiple Sclerosis Association of America/MSAA

NAMI San Diego (National Alliance on Mental Illness)

National Greyhound Foundation

National Hemophilia Foundation

National Wild Turkey Federation Gold Country Gobblers Chapter

New Americans Museum

North Beach Citizens

North Coast Repertory Theatre

OASIS Escondido, CA

OASIS Los Angeles County, CA

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)

Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)

Parkinson's Association of San Diego (PASD)

People For Animal Welfare In El Dorado County (PAWED)

PETCO Foundation

Photocharity

Pit Bull Rescue San Diego

Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest

Playwrights Project

Pocket Opera

Pomona Host Lions Charities, Inc.

Poway High School

Progressive Jewish Alliance

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

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 Hospice

San Diego Humane Society and SPCA

San Diego Maquiladora Workers’ Solidarity Network

San Diego Zoo (Zoological Society of San Diego)

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

San Francisco LGBT Community Center

San Mateo County History Museum

Sandburg Elementary School Foundation

Sarcoma Alliance

Sempervirens Fund

Services for Brain Injury

Sharp HealthCare Foundation

Sierra HOPE

Southwestern Christian School

Spondylitis Association of America (SAA)

SPORTS for Exceptional Athletes

St. Joachim's Church

St. Vincent de Paul Society – Auto Donation Program

SteppingStone Health

Stop Hunger Now

Susan G. Komen for the Cure - San Diego

Synergy Art Foundation

Temple City High School Grad Nite Committee

Temple Solel

The Crucible

The Eye Defects Research Foundation

The Kidney Trust

The Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF)

The Mosaic Project

TheatreFIRST

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

UCP of Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties

United Methodist Church of Los Altos

USO of San Diego

Vacaville Neighborhood Boys & Girls Clubs

Valley Community Clinic

Valley PBS

Villa Musica

Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of Southern California

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

WISE (Westwood Charter Elementary School)

World Concern

Writer's Guild Foundation

YMCA of Superior California

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Charities By City

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

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

Donate a Car to Your Favorite Charity!

If you don't see your favorite charity or 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 charity in the Add Message section.

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

Bruce Bauer, Development Director
bruceb@charitableautoresources.com
(888)634-7227