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Donate Estate Property: Help Local Charities

Posted on 02 July 2023

Our team at Probity Appraisal Group and The Green Mission Inc assist our clients with estate property donations nationwide. Along with our mission to divert construction waste from the landfill, we also help clients donate valuable property to charities to further their missions. We often meet clients with a home or storage unit full of valuable property like fine and decorative...

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Reimagine Holiday Shopping

Posted on 10 October 2021

Every day we hear that the supply chain for goods is currently jammed in a hopeless bottleneck. Raw materials cannot arrive to factories to be made into new products and, even when they can, shipping lanes are blocked due to labor shortages and lack of delivery infrastructure. Hence, a consequence of the Covid-19 economic recovery, without an end in sight. We are told to start our holiday...

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Making a Cultural Shift to Pre-owned Property

Posted on 23 August 2021

The latest climate report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), states that “Global warming is dangerously close to spiraling out of control” and humans are “unequivocally” to blame. Of necessity, society must drastically change our consumption and disposal habits...

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Estate Property Donations - comparing charitable donations versus selling

Posted on 03 December 2020

The Green Mission Inc. works closely with clients who choose to donate personal property from their estate to charities. Not only does this give the property a second life, it directly impacts the lives of those for whom charities offer aid and support. Charitable purposes and missions range from providing furnishings for those moving into stable housing...

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Charitable Donations of Inventory and Other Property

Posted on 24 October 2019

IRS §170 details charitable contributions as taken by individual and corporate taxpayers on their income tax returns. A provision outlined within this section allows the donation of inventory by a corporation to a qualified organization, usually a 501(c)(3) or a private operating foundation (not a private foundation.) Additionally, the donee organization must use the inventory or property solely for the care of the ill, the needy or infants. Finally, the donee cannot sell or transfer for money, other property or services

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