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CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS
CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS (Florida) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $250,560 to it, the largest being Enterprise Holdings Foundation ($184,747). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $251k
- Net assets
- $178k
What Charity Cars Inc Aka 1-800-Charity Cars Free Charity Cars does
Mission
To provide vehicles to qualified needy individuals making the transition from dependency to self-sufficiency and/or other qualified entities additionally, to engage in activities to uplift humanity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Www.800charitycars.org - the nation's leading car donation/distribution portal. The organization awarded free vehicles to struggling families all across america, at times paying for the insurance, down payment, tag/title/registration fees, as well as mechanical repairs.
$2,891,272 spentof which $2,518,660 as grants84% of program spendingWww.1-877-charity.org - a free car donation processing service for other charities. 100% of the direct net sales proceeds from each donated vehicle goes to the charity of the donor's choice. Contrast that with the results of current government studies which conclude that only about 35% of the revenue ever reaches the charity when a 3rd party entity is involved in the car donation process.
$2,585 spentof which $12,675 as grants0% of program spendingWww.freecharitycars.org - a website portal where applicants can create a profile to apply for a free charity car. The website gives us the ability to quickly identify qualified recipients in any location throughout the united states.
$523,536 spent15% of program spendingHomeless meals and addiction recovery programs.
$9,803 spentof which $9,803 as grants0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,427,196.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $3.8M to $1.6M (−58%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 2% · 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $25k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2020 100% · 2021 77% · 2022 96% · 2023 96% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $101 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $501 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $501
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 39 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS?
- CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS (Florida) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $250,560 to it, the largest being Enterprise Holdings Foundation ($184,747). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $250,560 in grants to CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS?
- Enterprise Holdings Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $184,747 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing