Charity Development is a consultant firm for car donation fundraising campaigns.

In brief: We work with not-for-profit clients, large and small, helping them make the most out of every vehicle donation they receive.

Our fundamental belief is that everyone who donates a car or vehicle to your organization wants to see you get the top dollar value from that donation for your charity – the highest and best return on donation. We supply the expertise to make sure that happens. We know that this makes us a smart choice in the fundraising market; it’s also our way of contributing to the causes we work with.

18 Reasons We’re Successful – Our Charity Development Team

It takes a team of diverse and talented professionals to make an organization as successful as Charity Development. We have 18 people on the Charity Development staff, and they all contribute to ensuring value for your charity. They also all share the same underlying goal – to serve both donor and charity by securing the best value for every donation.

Our staff includes vehicle professionals who handle automobiles, trucks, recreational vehicles (both watercraft and RV’s), and industrial heavy equipment donations. They make sure your vehicles are valued and sold fairly. We also have repair technicians, IT professionals, and support staff who handle Department of Motor Vehicle documents and paperwork and also keep the office running smoothly. They all lend value to Charity Development.

We do a great deal of research and development, too, a fact that surprises some of our clients. R&D is one of the factors that puts us head and shoulders above our competition. We’re continuously researching vehicle trends, market trends, evolutions in Internet and global sales, changes in recycled product markets, and more, keeping our finger on the pulse of the car donation industry.

About Our Founder

Some people learn expertise in the automobile market; some are born with it. Tim Finnigan, our Charity Development founder, embodies both learning and an inborn passion for cars. When he was 12 years old, he was scanning the auto ads in the Sunday L.A.Times, tracking the values of his favorite classic cars. Today, he’s still tracking car values.

Cars have been the thread through the fabric of his life. He collects cars, and when you meet him, you’ll want to ask him about Jaguars, Mercedes, and American muscle cars.

“Cars are a form of art,” Tim will tell you. “And collection is a preservation of history.” There’s no doubt Tim loves cars.

Auto Marketing Experts

His expertise and background in the automobile market got him into the charitable fundraising arena in the mid 1990s. He had a great idea to raise money through car donations for a California charity, and he was quickly recruited to be the one to do it. As a volunteer, he developed the organization and became a founding member. He stayed to help build the organization into the largest car donation charity organization in the nation.

Now, Tim Finnigan is expanding his Charity Development firm, putting its expertise to work for other charities.

Working with charities is a passion with Tim on a par with his passion for automobiles. These two passions blend into one energetic combination when he’s leading a fundraising campaign for your organization.

Behind every car donation

There’s more to running a vehicle donation campaign than just taking the donation in the door. Marketing expertise, car knowledge, automobile know-how and liability protection all come into play.

Charity Development seeks the highest fair return on every donated vehicle:

• Highest to meet your donor’s tax credit expectations
• Highest to meet your charity’s donation goals
• Fairest for seller, buyer, and vehicle donor

Behind every vehicle donation handled by Charity Development is integrity and know-how, as well as respect for your charity’s goals.