
Habitat for Humanity
Builds and repairs affordable homes alongside families working toward stable, long-term homeownership.
There is no listing to prepare, no buyer to court, and no commission to pay. Donating Schriever real estate to a vetted 501(c)(3) is a direct transfer — title to the charity, a deduction to you.
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A traditional Schriever sale means agent fees, staging, repairs, and months of open houses. A donation transfers title directly — none of that applies.
A Schriever sale generates a stack of settlement paperwork. A donation produces a single qualified appraisal and a charity acknowledgment letter — the two documents that substantiate the gift at tax time.
Sell an appreciated Schriever property and the IRS takes a cut of every dollar of gain. Donate it instead and that capital gains liability disappears entirely.
Turn your property into a second chance at life.
MatchingDonors.com is a 501(c)(3) that connects patients in need of a transplant with living altruistic organ donors — the first organization to facilitate an organ transplant through the internet. Real estate gifts are converted into operating support, helping patients find a match in months instead of years on the national waiting list.
Real estate gifts routed to MatchingDonors.com receive prioritized handling — clear title transfer, fair-market-value appraisal, and a deduction letter inside 60 days. Proceeds fund the matching platform that has connected over 15,000 registered donors with patients in need.
See how much impact your property could make.
Well-known 501(c)(3) charities serving Schriever — local branches plus national organizations that accept real estate.

Builds and repairs affordable homes alongside families working toward stable, long-term homeownership.
Provides shelter, disaster relief, addiction recovery, and food assistance to people in crisis.
Funds job training and employment placement programs through donated goods and community services.
Offers food, housing assistance, and direct aid to neighbors facing poverty and hardship.
Delivers emergency response, blood services, and disaster recovery across the country.
Raw land is one of the hardest assets to sell — it draws a narrow pool of buyers and earns nothing while it waits. Yet undeveloped parcels around Terrebonne Parish still generate a property tax bill every year.
Qualified charities accept vacant land as readily as houses. A donation turns an idle, cost-only holding near Schriever into a fair-market-value deduction without the long marketing period a lot usually demands.
A transparent, four-step process ensures a smooth transition from property to philanthropy. (The exact process may differ between organizations, these are the general phases)
Your charity will conduct a preliminary assessment of your property's market value and suitability for donation.
Their experts handle title searches, environmental checks, and prepare all necessary transfer paperwork.
The property is officially transferred to the charity. You receive IRS Form 8283 for tax deduction purposes.
The property is sold and proceeds are distributed to your chosen charity to fund their mission.
Donors who itemize can generally deduct the fair market value of Schriever real estate held longer than a year, up to 30% of adjusted gross income, with a five-year carryforward for any excess.
A qualified appraisal and IRS Form 8283 substantiate the deduction. This is general information, not tax advice — confirm the specifics with your own advisor.
Straight answers on donating real estate, the tax treatment, and what to expect.
Begin with the form on this page: provide a few basic details about the Schriever property and request a free valuation. From there you are connected with a qualified 501(c)(3) that handles the appraisal, title transfer, and closing directly with you.
Selling a depreciated rental can trigger depreciation recapture taxed at a higher rate. Donating the property instead generally avoids that recapture, though the deduction may be adjusted for it — a point worth confirming with your tax advisor.
A charitable deduction only lowers your taxes if you itemize. If you take the standard deduction, a property gift still avoids capital gains and ends the carrying costs, but the charitable write-off itself would not apply — your tax advisor can weigh this for your situation.
Typically nothing out of pocket. The receiving charity generally covers title work, closing, and related costs, and there are no agent commissions on a donation.
Often yes. Liens and unpaid property taxes add steps but do not automatically disqualify a gift. The receiving charity reviews any encumbrances during its assessment and explains how they affect the donation.
Fair market value for a real estate deduction is established by a qualified appraisal, not by an online estimate or the tax-assessed value. The IRS requires that appraisal for property gifts above $5,000.
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