Peer Organizations
If you do not reside in the Western North Carolina area but are in need of reliable transportation, here is a list of a variety of affordable vehicle programs throughout the country. Working Wheels is not affiliated with any of these organizations and makes no claims or guarantees about them. We are providing you with this list in the hopes that it will be a helpful starting place for finding or donating a car if you are not located in the Western North Carolina area.
Alabama
HUNTSVILLE
Our goal is to remove transportation barriers
to families in need so that they may be
successful in providing for their families.
Arizona
PHOENIX
Securing Help In Family Transportation (SHIFT) – Labor’s Community Service Agency
The goal of this workforce development program is to target families with an income below 80% of the area median income who identify the lack of transportation as the primary barrier to achieving a living wage and economic stability.
Colorado
GOLDEN/DENVER
We offer hope to single women with dependent children, while providing automobile services, partnering in their efforts to be employed and pursue economic self-sufficiency.
LOVELAND
Project Self-Sufficiency – Bring the Power
All donated cars are given directly to single parent families in need and never sold at auction.
Florida
TAMPA
Wheels of Success provides its clients with dependable transportation in the form of a car, truck or van and assistance with automotive repairs, preventative maintenance and car-care classes for families who have transportation but cannot afford repairs and maintenance.
Maryland
BALTIMORE
(VFC) empowers families with financial challenge to achieve economic and personal independence through car ownership and technician training.
FREDERICK
Second Chances Garage seeks to make a difference in our community of Frederick County, Maryland, by offering “second chances” for individuals and families on their journey to independent living by providing assistance with their personal transportation needs.
Minnesota
BLAINE
Cars for Neighbors’ Vehicle Repair Program focuses on providing vehicle repair for Anoka County residents who cannot afford to get their vehicle fixed.
SOUTHERN
Wheel Get There–Minnesota Valley Action Council
MVAC’s Wheel Get There program accepts donated cars from the public and sells them to low-income people at a discount.
MINNEAPOLIS
Wheels for Women–Newgate Education Center
Through vehicle donations to Newgate School, we are able to help single working moms. Donated vehicles are inspected and refurbished through our Auto Mechanic and Auto Body Training programs. Selected reconditioned vehicles are then donated through Wheels for Women as our students’ way of giving back to the community.
ST. PAUL
Every dollar you give helps to refurbish and maintain vehicles, cover operational costs, and ensure that we can continue to lift community members onto the road to independence and stability.
Missouri
KANSAS CITY
C4H has a unique mission to repair and award as many donated vehicles as possible to local families in need.
Nebraska
OMAHA
Chariots4Hope exists to demonstrate God’s love by helping people remove transportation barriers that prevent struggling families and individuals from reaching and maintaining self-sufficiency.
New England
(VERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS)
Our mission is to create economic opportunity by providing affordable and reliable transportation options to low-income individuals and families.
New Jersey
WANAQUE
Cars for Success was developed by Strengthen Our Sisters, Inc to assist low-income women in making the transition from welfare to work by providing essential transportation. Women are referred to Cars for Success by a number of diverse non-profit organizations and agencies, which include homeless and domestic violence shelters, job training programs, and welfare agencies.
North Carolina
SYLVA
Rolling Start is a non-profit group of car enthusiasts that refurbish donated vehicles that are then given to individuals in need of transportation to help work their way out of poverty in Jackson County, North Carolina.
GREENSBORO & CARY
Our mission is to provide safe, reliable, affordable vehicles to people who need them. Qualified recipients are referred to us by our Partner Agencies. The vehicles are donated by area residents, and restored to sound mechanical condition by our Sponsors.
South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS
Wheels to Work is a 20-year-old Sioux Falls, South Dakota non-profit organization that matches qualifying single-parent families with safe and reliable donated vehicles free of charge.
Texas
OnRamp works with advocates from local charitable, government, and religious organizations to identify people in need who are already taking significant steps towards self-sufficiency, but who need a vehicle to continue that journey. OnRamp finds reliable vehicles through purchase or donation and gifts these to our clients so they can get back on the road.
Virginia
FALLS CHURCH
Car donation charity helping the poor, the needy, full-time ministry workers like pastors, evangelists, missionaries, and other Christian workers to obtain auto transportation.
OAKTON
NVFS’ Vehicles for Change program provides qualifying, low-income families with reliable transportation so that they may readily access more job and school opportunities. Our partner Vehicles for Change provides repairs donated vehicles from the community to be road-ready in partnership with local garages to help a low-income families thrive!
West Virginia
CHARLESTON
Good News Mountaineer Garage puts people on the road with the help of many individuals and organizations. We accept donations of vehicles that are repairable, for a reasonable amount of money. These donated vehicles are then distributed to families with low income needing transportation to work.