
Habitat for Humanity
Builds and repairs affordable homes alongside families working toward stable, long-term homeownership.
Giving real estate sounds complicated. In practice, a Taylors donation is mostly paperwork the receiving charity prepares — a title review, a deed transfer, and a qualified appraisal you arrange to substantiate the deduction.
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A Taylors property can sit listed for a full season before it closes. A charitable transfer typically wraps in weeks once title review is complete.
A traditional Taylors sale means agent fees, staging, repairs, and months of open houses. A donation transfers title directly — none of that applies.
Proceeds from your gift fund real programs — housing, youth services, food security — operating in and around Taylors.
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 Taylors — local branches plus national organizations that accept real estate.

Builds and repairs affordable homes alongside families working toward stable, long-term homeownership.
Runs youth programs, fitness facilities, and community services that strengthen local neighborhoods.
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.
Delivers emergency response, blood services, and disaster recovery across the country.
Income property comes with a workload — tenants, repairs, vacancies, and the bookkeeping that follows. When a Taylors owner is ready to step back, a sale can mean capital gains tax plus depreciation recapture.
Donating the building instead routes its full value to charity and ends the management role in a single transfer. Existing leases and the property's condition are reviewed by the receiving charity during assessment.
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.
Charities serving Taylors put donated value to work locally — funding housing programs, youth services, food assistance, and disaster readiness across Greenville County.
Choosing a nearby organization means the impact of your Taylors property is visible in the same community the property sits in.
Straight answers on donating real estate, the tax treatment, and what to expect.
Largely, yes. A donation avoids the public listing and price history a sale creates. The deed transfer itself becomes a public record, as all property transfers do, but the gift draws far less attention than an open-market sale.
Yes. A gift of real property to a qualified 501(c)(3) is generally deductible at fair market value if you itemize and have held the property more than a year. A qualified appraisal and IRS Form 8283 document the deduction.
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. Property held by a company, partnership, or trust can be donated, though the deduction rules differ from those for individuals. An entity considering a gift should review the specifics with its tax advisor.
A partial or fractional interest can sometimes be donated, but the tax rules are stricter than for a whole-property gift. If you are considering a partial donation, discuss it with your tax advisor first.
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.
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