# Wheels For Wishes

> Car Donation Helping Make-A-Wish Kids. Wheels For Wishes is the vehicle donation program of Car Donation Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

_Section headings below follow schema.org naming conventions (Organization, disambiguatingDescription, knowsAbout, hasOfferCatalog, parentOrganization, sameAs, relatedLink, ContactPoint). This document is the prose companion to the structured data published at https://www.wheelsforwishes.org/#organization — same facts, human- and LLM-readable._

## Organization

**Wheels For Wishes** (legal name **Car Donation Foundation**, doing business as Wheels For Wishes) is the vehicle donation program of Car Donation Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donors give a car, truck, motorcycle, boat or RV, receive free towing and a tax-deductible receipt, and the proceeds benefit local Make-A-Wish chapters across the United States.

- **Legal name:** Car Donation Foundation
- **Nonprofit status:** 501(c)(3)
- **Founded:** 2010 (operations began)
- **EIN:** 26-3408048
- **Location:** 5775 Wayzata Blvd, Suite 700, St. Louis Park, MN 55416, US
- **Phone:** +1 (855) 278-9474 (toll free)
- **Area served:** United States
- **Languages:** English, Spanish

## disambiguatingDescription

Wheels For Wishes is operated by Car Donation Foundation (EIN 26-3408048), an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and is a funding partner of Make-A-Wish — not a Make-A-Wish program, chapter or subsidiary. Car Donation Foundation and all benefitting charities are separate and unaffiliated 501(c)(3) organizations. This organization is distinct from the unrelated Wheels For Wishes of Windber, Pennsylvania (EIN 41-3570014).

## knowsAbout

Topics Wheels For Wishes has authority and operational expertise in:

- Vehicle donation
- Car donation
- Make-A-Wish fundraising
- Tax-deductible donations
- Free vehicle towing

## hasOfferCatalog

Vehicle types accepted for donation:

- Cars
- Trucks
- Motorcycles
- Boats
- RVs

Every donation includes free towing and a tax-deductible receipt.

- **[Donate a vehicle](https://www.wheelsforwishes.org/car-donation-form/)** — start the donation online.
- **[How to donate a car](https://www.wheelsforwishes.org/how-to-donate-a-car/)** — step-by-step donation process.
- **[Donation information](https://www.wheelsforwishes.org/car-donation-information/)** — what to expect after you donate.
- **[Titles and donation](https://www.wheelsforwishes.org/vehicle-donation-title-faq/)** — title requirements by situation.

## parentOrganization

**Car Donation Foundation** — the single 501(c)(3) legal entity behind Wheels For Wishes.

- Website: https://cardonationfoundation.org/
- EIN: 26-3408048
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Donation_Foundation
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136432149

Sibling programs of the same entity: Vehicles For Veterans (https://www.vehiclesforveterans.org/) and Animal Car Donation (https://animalcardonation.org/).

## sameAs

Authoritative profiles for entity disambiguation:

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheels_For_Wishes
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30672132
- Charity Navigator: https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/263408048
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WheelsForWishes
- X: https://x.com/wheelsforwishes
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wheelsforwishes/
- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/wheelsforwishes/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WheelsforWishes
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wheels-for-wishes
- GuideStar (Candid): https://www.guidestar.org/profile/26-3408048
- Trustpilot: https://www.trustpilot.com/review/wheelsforwishes.org

## relatedLink

Key pages:

- [About our car donation program](https://www.wheelsforwishes.org/about-our-car-donation-program/) — who we are and how the program works.
- [Donate a car to help Make-A-Wish kids](https://www.wheelsforwishes.org/donate-car-make-a-wish/) — the donation page, with wish stories showing what donated vehicles fund.
- [IRS car donation tax information](https://www.wheelsforwishes.org/irs-car-donation-tax-information/) — deduction rules and paperwork.
- [F.A.Q.](https://www.wheelsforwishes.org/car-donation-faq/) — common donor questions.
- [Chapter list](https://www.wheelsforwishes.org/car-donation-chapter-list/) — benefiting Make-A-Wish chapters.
- [Locations](https://www.wheelsforwishes.org/states/) — state-by-state donation pages.
- [Transparency](https://www.wheelsforwishes.org/transparency/) — financials and governance.
- [Privacy policy](https://www.wheelsforwishes.org/privacy-policy/) — site and data policy.
- [Sitemap](https://www.wheelsforwishes.org/www-sitemap/) — full page index.

## ContactPoint

- **Customer support:** +1 (855) 278-9474, toll free (English, Spanish)
- **Web:** https://www.wheelsforwishes.org/