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Donating our timeshare (by KC):
joycee31 stated, in relevant part: >> I looked into the donating process and I got nowhere because they want you to totally own it without payments. They do not want pay anything on the unit. They just want everything free and clear and pay nothing in return. << ===============================================
That's completely understandable for a "donation", since if you still owe money on the timeshare, then an attempt on your part to "give" your exisitng debt to someone is not really a "donation" or "gift" at all --- it's actually just an attempt to transfer your debt to someone else. Who wants to voluntarily accept someone else's debt, whether it's an individual or a charity? (Answer: nobody).
Any timeshare "donation" is only of use, interest or value to a charity if they can quickly and easily turn it into cash in order to advance the underlying mission of their particular charitable enterprise. They obviously can do that ONLY if it's a product with NO exisitng debt of ANY kind AND if is a timeshare that can be promptly sold in the open market for at least SOME cash.