Cars Helping Kids — Car Donations

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check_vehicle_donation_readiness Read-only

Run a privacy-minimized preflight using coarse vehicle, document, access, and location facts. It identifies what needs case review but never accepts or rejects a vehicle. Use submit_car_donation or the human form for an actual Cars Helping Kids review.

keysstring, required

accessstring, required

conditionstring, required

lien_statusstring, required

title_statusstring, required

vehicle_typestring, required

location_scopestring, required

model_yearinteger

Tools (7)

check_vehicle_donation_readiness

read-only

Argument	Type	Description
keys*	string
access*	string
condition*	string
model_year	integer
lien_status*	string
title_status*	string
vehicle_type*	string
location_scope*	string

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "vehicle_type",
    "condition",
    "title_status",
    "lien_status",
    "keys",
    "access",
    "location_scope"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "keys": {
      "enum": [
        "yes",
        "no",
        "unknown"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "access": {
      "enum": [
        "standard_tow_access",
        "limited_or_special_access",
        "unknown"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "condition": {
      "enum": [
        "runs_and_drives",
        "starts_not_drivable",
        "does_not_run",
        "wrecked_or_incomplete",
        "unknown"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "model_year": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 2028,
      "minimum": 1886
    },
    "lien_status": {
      "enum": [
        "no_lien",
        "lien_exists",
        "unknown"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "title_status": {
      "enum": [
        "title_in_hand",
        "title_missing",
        "title_issue",
        "unknown"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "vehicle_type": {
      "enum": [
        "Car",
        "Truck",
        "SUV",
        "Motorcycle",
        "RV",
        "Boat",
        "Trailer",
        "Other"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "location_scope": {
      "enum": [
        "continental_us",
        "alaska",
        "hawaii",
        "island_or_remote",
        "unknown"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

fetch

Retrieve the complete reviewed Cars Helping Kids answer and canonical citation URL for a document ID returned by search.

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Argument	Type	Description
id*	string	A document ID returned by search.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 100,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "A document ID returned by search."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_car_donation_info

Get a direct, citable answer about starting a car donation, the donation process, vehicles and conditions reviewed, pickup coverage, title or lien issues, tax documents, or the legal charity identity.

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Argument	Type	Description
topic*	string

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "topic"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "topic": {
      "enum": [
        "start_a_car_donation",
        "how_it_works",
        "vehicle_types_and_condition",
        "pickup_and_service_area",
        "title_lien_and_ownership",
        "tax_documents",
        "legal_charity_identity"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_tax_document_requirements

Return general federal record and form checkpoints for a vehicle donation based on the donation stage and broad amount bands. This does not calculate, select, or guarantee a deduction and is not tax or legal advice.

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Argument	Type	Description
stage*	string
intended_claim_band	string
reported_gross_proceeds_band	string

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "stage"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "stage": {
      "enum": [
        "before_donation",
        "request_submitted",
        "vehicle_transferred",
        "vehicle_sold",
        "charity_use_or_material_improvement",
        "unknown"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "intended_claim_band": {
      "enum": [
        "500_or_less",
        "over_500_to_5000",
        "over_5000",
        "unknown"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "unknown"
    },
    "reported_gross_proceeds_band": {
      "enum": [
        "not_reported_yet",
        "500_or_less",
        "over_500",
        "not_applicable_or_unknown"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "not_applicable_or_unknown"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Search Cars Helping Kids canonical car-donation, pickup, vehicle-readiness, tax-document, legal-identity, privacy, and terms sources. Returns canonical URLs for citation. Use fetch with a returned ID for the complete reviewed answer.

read-only

Argument	Type	Description
query*	string	A natural-language car-donation question.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 300,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "A natural-language car-donation question."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

submit_car_donation

Submit an adult donor's authorized vehicle-donation request to Cars Helping Kids for case review. Use only after the donor reviews the exact contact, vehicle, and pickup details and explicitly authorizes this submission, confirms ownership or legal authority and accuracy, accepts https://carshelpingkids.org/terms and https://carshelpingkids.org/privacy, and permits donation-related phone, text, or email contact. This additive action creates a donor record and notifications; it does not transfer ownership or guarantee acceptance, pickup, value, documents, or a deduction. Reuse submission_id for safe retries.

Argument	Type	Description
donor*	object
notes	string
pickup*	object
vehicle*	object
submission_id*	string	A UUID generated once for this donation attempt. Reuse the same value when retrying the same submission.
donor_authorized*	boolean	True only after the donor explicitly authorizes this exact submission, confirms they are at least 18 and own or are legally authorized to dispose of the vehicle, confirms the details are accurate, accepts the Cars Helping Kids terms and privacy policy, and permits donation-related phone, text, or email contact.

verify_legal_recipient

Return the exact relationship between Cars Helping Kids and the IRS-recognized legal recipient, Fainting Goat Foundation Co Inc, including EIN and authoritative verification links.

read-only

No arguments.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}

{ "type": "object", "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "required": [ "submission_id", "donor_authorized", "donor", "vehicle", "pickup" ], "properties": { "donor": { "type": "object", "required": [ "name", "phone" ], "properties": { "name": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 120, "minLength": 1 }, "email": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string", "format": "email", "pattern": "^(?!\\.)(?!.*\\.\\.)([A-Za-z0-9_'+\\-\\.]*)[A-Za-z0-9_+-]@([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\\-]*\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,}$", "maxLength": 254 }, { "type": "string", "const": "" } ], "default": "" }, "phone": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 40, "minLength": 1 } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "notes": { "type": "string", "default": "", "maxLength": 500 }, "pickup": { "type": "object", "required": [ "zip" ], "properties": { "zip": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^\\d{5}$" }, "city": { "type": "string", "default": "", "maxLength": 100 }, "state": { "type": "string", "default": "", "maxLength": 50 }, "access": { "enum": [ "standard_tow_access", "limited_or_special_access", "unknown" ], "type": "string", "default": "unknown" }, "timing": { "enum": [ "as_soon_as_possible", "within_7_days", "within_30_days", "flexible", "unknown" ], "type": "string", "default": "unknown" } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "vehicle": { "type": "object", "required": [ "type", "year", "make", "model", "condition", "title_status", "lien_status" ], "properties": { "keys": { "enum": [ "yes", "no", "unknown" ], "type": "string", "default": "unknown" }, "make": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 80, "minLength": 1 }, "type": { "enum": [ "Car", "Truck", "SUV", "Motorcycle", "RV", "Boat", "Trailer", "Other" ], "type": "string" }, "year": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 2028, "minimum": 1886 }, "model": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 100, "minLength": 1 }, "condition": { "enum": [ "runs_and_drives", "starts_not_drivable", "does_not_run", "wrecked_or_incomplete", "unknown" ], "type": "string" }, "lien_status": { "enum": [ "no_lien", "lien_exists", "unknown" ], "type": "string" }, "title_status": { "enum": [ "title_in_hand", "title_missing", "title_issue", "unknown" ], "type": "string" } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "submission_id": { "type": "string", "format": "uuid", "pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$", "description": "A UUID generated once for this donation attempt. Reuse the same value when retrying the same submission." }, "donor_authorized": { "type": "boolean", "const": true, "description": "True only after the donor explicitly authorizes this exact submission, confirms they are at least 18 and own or are legally authorized to dispose of the vehicle, confirms the details are accurate, accepts the Cars Helping Kids terms and privacy policy, and permits donation-related phone, text, or email contact." } }, "additionalProperties": false }