The Indicator from Planet Money

How nonprofits get cash from your clunker


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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.

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