Marty Schwartz

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  Marty Schwartz, president and CEO of Vehicles for Change, says many of the donations are coming from families looking to cut costs by getting rid of their third car. Recession is steering many more cars to Vehicles for Change
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  "We actually have more cars in our inventory than we've ever had because we're getting so many donated," said Marty Schwartz, president and chief executive officer of Vehicles for Change. The high-fenced, barbed-wired lot where they store cars is packed. Since the recession began, Schwartz said, many of their donations have come from families looking to cut costs by turning in a third car.
  
  "In this economy, people are going, 'You know that car is costing us at least $300 a year in insurance, probably putting another $300, $400 in repairs,' and so they're getting rid of it," he said. "From that standpoint, I think the economy is being very good to us."
  
  But Vehicles for Change has also gotten a lot more requests for cars.
  
  "Prior to the recession, last year, I might get one to two e-mails a month," Schwartz said. "Now I get two e-mails a day from people who, you know, need a car. They don't know what to do. They don't know where to turn."
  
  Schwartz and Vehicles for Change answer those calls and do the best they can.
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  "Finding that external grant money is becoming more difficult," said Schwartz. "Foundations have less and less money to award."
  
  The shortage of grants helps explain why the charity employs only a skeleton staff, which can turn around only so many cars, and only so quickly.
  
  But if that's upsetting Schwartz, you wouldn't notice.
  
  "I hate to say it, but I think it's a wonderful economy," Schwartz said.

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  Marty Schwartz, President, Vehicles for Change

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  "We actually have more cars in our inventory than we've ever had because we're getting so many donated," says Marty Schwartz, president and chief executive officer of Vehicles for Change. Since the recession began, he says, many of their donations have come from families who are looking to cut costs by turning in a third car.
  
  "In this economy, people are going, 'You know that car is costing us at least $300 a year in insurance, probably putting another $300, $400 in repairs,' and so they're getting rid of it," he says. "From that standpoint, I think the economy is being very good to us."
  
  But Vehicles for Change has also gotten a lot more requests for cars.
  
  "Prior to the recession, last year, I might get one to two e-mails a month," Schwartz says. Now he gets two a day.

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  Published on: 1/16/2009    Last Visited: 2/6/2009  

  with its Executive Director, Marty Schwartz
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  TOPIC: Martin Schwartz, Executive Director, Vehicles for Change.
  
  We will focus on an in-depth case study about the fast-growing nonprofit organization Vehicles for Change, featuring its Executive Director, Martin Schwartz. These case studies have been popular events that we conduct, to give Roundtable members access to revealing data and insights, while enabling us to provide potentially significant help and advice to one mission-driven organization.
  
  CASE STUDY: VEHICLES FOR CHANGE
  
  Vehicles for Change ("VFC") is a regional nonprofit that has an outsized impact on thousands of working class families in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC and other states. After a revealing case study-style presentation about his organization's successes and challenges, Marty will invite Roundtable members to weigh in with their own strategic advice about what VFC should do to continue growing its organization and advancing its mission.
  
  At first glance, Vehicles for Change is just one of legions of charities urging you to donate your used car to them, so they can auction it off and spend the proceeds. But VFC is different. VFC actually repairs the car that you give away, and then makes the car available to poor families , at an average cost of only $650, with a VFC-guaranteed loan that also helps these families establish credit. They often desperately need a car so that they can obtain and hold a job, pick up and drop off children at daycare, and otherwise function in a country where having a car is an expected part of life. In this way, VFC "helps the person who wants to help himself," says Marty, whose work since 1999 has resulted in the awarding of 3,000 cars that have changed the lives and increased the dignity of well over 6,000 people.
  
  Still, the organization faces many hurdles to finance its growth, expand operations and compete against the many other nonprofits seeking to obtain donated cars from consumers. VFC has one major advantage over most of these other nonprofits, because VFC's model of repairing cars rather than auctioning them off enables taxpayers to collect a significantly higher tax deduction than the IRS allows when taxpayers donate cars that are just auctioned off for charity.
  
  But communicating this competitive advantage effectively is a tricky marketing challenge. Marty will detail his plans and invite our input to overcome the challenges he faces.

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  [Martin Schwartz of Vehicles for Change provides an alternative view of the benefits of car ownership for low-income people in the podcast with RF below]

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  Published on: 6/1/2007    Last Visited: 6/9/2007  

  Instead of getting $1,800 back at tradein, they may get $1,200 back in taxes for the donation, so there is just a $600 difference," said Marty Schwartz, VFC executive director.
  
  Since October 1999, Vehicles for Change has awarded more than 2,000 automobiles to underprivileged families, resulting in a $4,800 average annual salary increase per family within the first 12 months of receiving the vehicle, according to Schwartz.

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  Martin Schwartz, President of Vehicle for Change" notes that even the most financially conscience Fleet manager selling the retired fleet at the local auction will only realize a net gain of $60 per car over donating it to a similar non-profit.
  
  Since October 1999 Vehicles for Change has awarded more than 2,000 cars.

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  Published on: 2/15/2002    Last Visited: 11/3/2002  

  Montgomery County Councilmember Donnel Peterman and Department of Housing and Community Affairs Director Elizabeth Davison will join the Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) Vice Chair, Richard Nelson; Thomas Sherman, Chairman, Housing Opportunities Community Partners; Marty Schwartz, the Director of Vehicles for Change; and Rich Johnston, President, Precision CertiPro Warehouse in announcing the County's first discount vehicle purchase program for lower-income households in Montgomery County.

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  with its Executive Director, Marty Schwartz

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