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The Indicator from Planet Money

NPR

How nonprofits get cash from your clunker

MAR 27, 20258 MIN
The Indicator from Planet Money

How nonprofits get cash from your clunker

MAR 27, 20258 MIN

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Many nonprofits accept your used cars as a way to donate. This happens from Make-A-Wish America to Habitat for Humanity to ... public radio stations!

So, how does the process actually work? And who takes a cut along the way?

Today, we follow the car money.

Related episodes:
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