Musical Instrument Donation for Tax Write-Off?

Does anyone know of a charity or music school that I can donate a piano to that I could use as a tax deduction ??? I would like to find a good music school that is willing to refurbish a very nice piano in the Los Angeles area.

Musical Instrument Donation for Tax Write-Off?sunshine

You can check out these websites

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cf...

http://www.mhopus.org/

The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation is quite near you, in Sherman Oaks, they specialize in instrument donations such as yours and are a WONDERFUL concept, based on the movie! :)

To further check out such groups, consider

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cf...

and use that site to review the validity of various charities you might hear about.

Myself, I think I would call the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and inquire as to their opinion, I think they would be WELL-VERSED on such musical groups in your area.

Kudos for you, such a gift is wonderful, and could CHANGE THE LIFE of a child, even make it WORTH LIVING! :)

Musical Instrument Donation for Tax Write-Off?star theater opera theater

Any goverment run school, ie public schools.

If they accept it, just have them write you a little note in case you get audited. Do some research and find out how much that piano used is going for, and write that in as a write off when tax time comes again.
why dont you pull up a listing of non profit organizations in the LA area and donations to those are usually great tax write offs, even a less fortunate or beginning church...a school gets their own breaks ..give someone who needs a break one while you get one for yourself!