The Immediate Benefit: In the U.S., most often the 'fair market value' of the item can be deducted on your taxes. Depending upon market conditions, the fair market value is often quite higher than the actual selling price. In many cases, when you factor in the value of your time, the tax donation benefit can often outweigh trying to sell the item yourself.

With the exception of marketable securities, donor's who wish to claim a tax deduction for donated items of non-cash gifts exceeding $5000 must substantiate the valuation with an expert appraisal - which iDonate.com will help facilitate.

However, tax guidelines are highly specific and change regularly therefore iDonate.com strongly recommends that you consult your tax advisor for individual and specific detail.


The Long-term Benefit: When we begin to clean out the closet of our life we become aware of the many different attachments that we have made to things we really don't need. There is an internal struggle between sentimentalism and practicality. After an honest evaluation we all have far more than we need. So what do we really need?

We need food, we need clothes, we need shelter and we need relationships.

When brought into an eternal perspective, everything else that we may consider somehow seems less than necessary.

Here's one more thing, we need fewer things. The more we accumulate, the slower we can travel through this journey we call life. All the extras weigh us down and ruin our efficiency rating. Nearly 2,000 years ago the writer of the book of Hebrews advised us to "lay aside every weight." iDonate.com can help you "lay aside" the things you don't need for the journey...and turn it into an incredible benefit for those who truly do need.