How nonprofits get cash from your clunker

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  Npr.

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  This is the Indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Darren woods and today we're joined by former Indicator intern Shaun Saldana.

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  I'm glad to be back, Darian.

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  It is very good to have you.

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  You're now at member station KUT in Austin.

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  That's exactly right.

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  I work for a radio show called the Texas Standard.

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  And today's story has to do with one of the ways we raise money, car donations.

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  Car donations.

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  Yes.

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  This is something that make a wish America does.

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  Also Habitat for Humanity.

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  These are just a couple of nonprofits that help pay their bills this way.

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  Yes.

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  And here at the member station level,

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  we do a lot of begging for old and beaten up vehicles because it can be very lucrative.

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  Here at KUT in Austin, we receive anywhere from 400 to 500 donations a year.

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  And so that is why on today's show,

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  we're going to follow one of these donations to see exactly how old cars turn into hard cash for nonprofits.

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