Pennsylvania has one statewide programme that really pays for car repairs, one free nonprofit garage, and a cluster of income-tested funds in the west. Here is what each one covers, who qualifies, and which national lists are wrong.
No national charity writes a check for assisted living — we checked. What does pay: Medicaid HCBS waivers in 41 states, state SSI supplements for residential care, VA Aid and Attendance at $29,093 a year, PACE, and benevolent care funds at nonprofit communities. Verified 23 September 2026.
Georgia’s TANF plan never mentions car repair, and the national repair charities don’t operate here. What does: a WorkSource policy that pays for repairs (up to $2,500 in total support), St. Vincent de Paul statewide, an Augusta nonprofit garage, and a $1,176 emissions waiver. Verified 22 September 2026.
None of the national car-repair charities serves New York. The money is at your county DSS, which OTDA’s own manual says can pay for a repair, plus five upstate Wheels for Work programs and a $450 emissions waiver. Verified 22 September 2026.
Florida’s best-known vehicle charity has been closed to applications since November 2025. Two Florida statutes name car repair outright — one pays up to $1,000 — and they run through CareerSource, not DCF. One county pays up to $1,500. Verified 18 September 2026.
Texas has four nonprofits that will actually fix your car, a veterans’ program worth up to $4,000, and a workforce route that names car repairs in state policy. The $600 state voucher everyone still lists has been dead since 2017. Verified 17 September 2026.
California has almost no car-repair charities — but it has up to $1,450 in state repair assistance, a $500 Valley smog voucher, a $650 repair cost waiver and a statutory CalWORKs route. Verified 16 September 2026.
Three US charities put braces on children’s teeth – and one has its application portal on hold right now. Plus the Medicaid entitlement most families never ask about, six dental school clinics with published fees, and the organisations that are not braces charities.
Indiana has no statewide emergency rental assistance program. It has 1,008 township trustees with a statutory duty to help and a 72-hour decision deadline. Sixteen verified programs, eight dead ones named, every rule read off the source on 15 September 2026.
Donorbox charges your nonprofit a platform fee; Givebutter charges your donors an optional tip. This head-to-head works the arithmetic on both, including the Givebutter Guarantee’s published exclusions, the legacy-vs-standard pricing fork of 9 September 2025, Donorbox’s $150 Pro break-even, and the contradictions each vendor still has live on its own pages. Every figure read from their own pricing pages and help centres on 12 September 2026.