Donating a Boat Made Easy

Selling a boat can be a time consuming, lengthy, and sometimes difficult task. It could take many months to sell your boat, and in the winter forget about it! Nobody's even thinking about purchasing a boat. With charityboats.com it's fast and easy to get rid of your unwanted vessel by making a boat donation. We accept all different kinds of boats including but not limited too: yachts, motorboats, sailboats, personal watercraft, and house boats. Your boat's picked up in a matter of days ending the high costs of owning, maintaining and paying those dreaded storage fees. Charity Boats is a non profit organization created by those that strive to help others. Charity Boats is ran by The Giving Center, which is a 501(c)(3) charity. Once you donate your boat, our experienced and friendly staff will work with you to maximize your tax deduction on your boat donation, thereby providing you with the highest tax deduction allowed by law.

 

 

How our boat donation process works:

• Visit our website at www.charityboats.org or call us at 888-888-7187. One of our expert volunteers is standing by 24 hours, 7 days per week too help with any questions you may have regarding your boat donation.

• Complete the online donation form located on our website - complete and submit the simple and secure boat donation form.

• You will be contacted – will you be contacted by one of our volunteers within just a few short business days. They will arrange a convenient time for your boat to be picked up with the transportation agent free of charge to you.

• Once your boat is picked up- it's transferred to one of our facilities and the vessel then gets inspected. Any repairs that are needed are done. At that time the donated boat is either returned to a program or individual supported directly by our own program. For the vessels that cannot be saved, we do our best to achieve top market value through sale. If possible, we will make repairs to the donation prior to sale to further increase its value. We then use the proceeds from the boat sale to provide housing, clothing, food and other basic necessities for the thousands of individuals who contact us each year in need of help.

• You will receive a tax deduction – All donors that we receive boat dontions from will be able to make a tax deduction with the IRS. As a donor you receive a full market value federal deduction! This could reduce your tax obligations by thousands. We make sure that you receive maximum possible tax benefits for your boat donation.

Things to Know When Donation a Boat to Charityboats.com:

• If you have a donation of a boat, sailboat, yacht or any other type of watercraft worth $5,000 or more you will need IRS form 8283. A 8283 form would be used to receive a tax deduction for items like a boat donation, a car donation, or even household items you have donated to charity. Click here to download form 8283, along with your IRS form 1098C. Click here to download form 1098C. You will also need the donation receipt we give you on the day of donation to complete your tax deduction. For more information about IRS forms you can visit the IRS website or visit our IRS tax deduction page by clicking here.
• We offer pick up of all types of watercraft in all 50 States.
• We accept trailer-only donations as well. Trailers are a great donation that can be very useful in future boat donation pickups! Remember, even without a title you may be able to donate your trailer. Many states do not even require a title for a boat trailer. If your state does require a title for the trailer, and if you have lost your trailer title, we may still be able to help! Most states have a secondary means of transfer even if you don't have a title.
• 100% of the proceeds from your boat donation assists our charity in continuing with its mission! It is our mission to help with the fight against hunger, cancer, homelessness, poverty and other life struggles.