How nonprofits get cash from your clunker
Mar 27, 2025•9 min
Episode description
Many nonprofits accept your used cars as a way to donate. This happens from Make-A-Wish America to Habitat for Humanity to ... public radio stations!
So, how does the process actually work? And who takes a cut along the way?
Today, we follow the car money.
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So, how does the process actually work? And who takes a cut along the way?
Today, we follow the car money.
Related episodes:
Show your love for The Indicator from Planet Money by making a donation
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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