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Funds job training and employment placement programs through donated goods and community services.
Charitable real estate gifts quietly fund some of the most important work across Nassau County. Your Woodmere property can join that effort while delivering one of the largest deductions available in the tax code.
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A traditional Woodmere sale means agent fees, staging, repairs, and months of open houses. A donation transfers title directly — none of that applies.
Vacant homes, inherited houses, and tired rentals carry taxes, insurance, and upkeep. Donating a Woodmere property ends the carrying costs in one step.
A Woodmere property can sit listed for a full season before it closes. A charitable transfer typically wraps in weeks once title review is complete.
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 Woodmere — local branches plus national organizations that accept real estate.

Funds job training and employment placement programs through donated goods and community services.
Provides shelter, disaster relief, addiction recovery, and food assistance to people in crisis.
Delivers emergency response, blood services, and disaster recovery across the country.
Offers food, housing assistance, and direct aid to neighbors facing poverty and hardship.
Builds and repairs affordable homes alongside families working toward stable, long-term homeownership.
Inherited real estate often arrives with emotional weight, shared ownership, and an unfamiliar maintenance burden. Selling it can mean coordinating among heirs and absorbing months of expenses.
Donating an inherited Woodmere home converts it into a charitable deduction and a finished chapter — frequently the simplest resolution for a property no one plans to live in.
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.
A conventional sale in Woodmere is a project: repairs, staging, a listing agent, inspections, and a closing that can slip by weeks. For an inherited or vacant property, the carrying costs stack up the entire time.
A charitable donation collapses that timeline. The receiving charity handles title work and accepts the property as-is, so there is nothing to fix and nothing to show.
Straight answers on donating real estate, the tax treatment, and what to expect.
Yes. The IRS requires a qualified appraisal to substantiate a real estate deduction over $5,000, and the appraisal must be completed close to the donation date. The receiving charity can point you toward qualified appraisers.
The deduction for real estate is generally capped at 30% of adjusted gross income in the year of the gift, but any excess carries forward for up to five additional years.
Yes. Waterfront and lakefront parcels are accepted; the charity simply allows additional time for environmental and insurance due diligence where it applies.
Form 8283 is the IRS form for reporting noncash charitable contributions. A real estate gift is reported in its Section B, signed by both the appraiser and the receiving charity, and filed with your return for the year of the donation.
Yes. Tired rentals are frequently donated. A gift ends the management burden and property tax exposure while converting the asset into a deduction; existing tenancies are reviewed during assessment.
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.
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