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Wheelchair Donations

The following organizations provide wheelchair donations and other related mobility aids to enable greater access and mobility to those in need. If you would like to recommend other organizations who donate wheelchairs, please click here

Alternatives in Motion
alternativesinmotion.org
Founded in 1995, this not-for-profit organization helps provide wheelchairs for people who are uninsured.

Arthur B. Schultz Foundation
absfoundation.org
Accepts wheelchair donations and distributes refurbished mobility chairs to developing countries. This foundation also is working with representatives in Vietnam and Guatemala to develop in-country capabilities for wheelchair manufacturing and repair.

Direct Relief International
directrelief.org
Since its inception, Direct Relief has provided appropriate and specifically requested medical resources, including wheelchair donations, to community-based institutions and organizations in over 140 countries including the United States.

Free Wheelchair Mission
freewheelchairmission.org
Partners with worldwide charitable organizations to create and donate wheelchairs to physically challenged individuals living in 46 countries.

Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC)
fodac.org
Providing wheelchairs and other medical disabilities to people in the metro Atlanta, Georgia area with disabilities.

Home Haven International
hopehaveninternational.org
Refurbishes mobility wheel chairs and manufactures pediatric wheelchairs to distribute to physically challenge people around the world through international sponsors.

Kansas Equipment Exchange
equipmentexchange.ku.edu
Helps Kansans obtain affordable, durable medical equipment and assistive technology. Accepts wheelchair donations, hospital beds, lifts and other medical equipment, which is then refurbished and given to Kansas residents in need. For more information, call 866-666-1470. For the location closest to you, call 800-526-3648.

The Kids Equipment Network
www.tken.org
Provides physically challenged children and youth with refurbished durable medical and adaptive equipment in circumstances when their families do not have the means to pay for mobility aids. For more information, call 630-965-8176.

LifeNets - The Wheelchair Project
lifenets.org
LifeNets matches donated wheelchairs with needy recipients who cannot afford or qualify for wheelchairs in the United States. The organization networks with medical missionary organizations and individuals to access and provide donated wheelchairs

The Mobility Project
mobilityproject.org
The Mobility Project exists to serve disabled people living in poverty throughout the developing nations of the world by:

  • By personally delivering and individually fitting refurbished mobility aids such as wheelchairs, crutches, walkers and other medical equipment to the disabled in need.
  • By providing sports programs for the disabled, to help them achieve greater confidence and health as well as ability with their mobility equipment.
  • By building wheelchair refurbishing and manufacturing facilities in some of the countries where we work, to provide vocational training for local people with disabilities, as well as an ongoing source for repairs to mobility aids to other disabled people in the area.
  • Mobility Unlimited
    mobilityunlimited.org
    Mobility Unlimited is dedicated to helping working adults in Oregon who have physical disabilities obtain the mobility equipment required to live independently and maintain employment.

    Orphaned Wheelchairs and The Wheelchair Foundation
    wheelchairfoundation.org
    The Wheelchair Foundation has partnered with Orphaned Wheelchairs to deliver wheelchairs to people in the United States. Orphaned Wheelchairs takes donations of new and used wheelchair equipment, identifies recipients in the USA, and distributes the wheelchair equipment to those in need.

    Special Kids Fund
    specialkidsfund.org
    Special Kids Fund is an alliance of schools, hospitals, and social service organizations that providing for the special needs of children with disabilities and at-risk youth. Through the Special Kids Fund Vehicles for the Disabled Program, donated wheelchair vans and vehicles are given to physically disabled persons who are not able to afford them.

    Wheelchair Foundation
    wheelchairfoundation.org
    Supported by donations and federal funding, Wheelchair Foundation distributes hospital-style wheelchairs free to disabled people in developing countries and in the US.

    Wheelchair Recycling Program
    wrp.org
    The Wheelchair Recycling Program offers low cost, refurbished mobility and medical equipment to those who lack the resources to acquire new equipment. All equipment is donated by individuals, businesses, and other nonprofit agencies. Every item is carefully cleaned and repaired by experienced workers at Badger State Industries. Every dollar collected for equipment is re-invested in the program and helps to sustain our services.

    Wheels for Humanity
    wheelsforhumanity.org
    Wheels for Humanity refurbishes donated wheelchairs and individually fits them to children and adults with disabilities in developing nations. The organization partners with international health-care organizations to identify those in greatest need.

    Whirlwind Wheelchair International
    whirlwindwheelchair.org
    Whirlwind does not take or provide wheelchair donations. Rather the engineering company provides the teaching and technology to help developing countries manufacture, fit and provide long-term mobility support to communities in need.

    Wine for Wheels
    Wineforwheels.org
    An international association of wine enthusiasts dedicated to the "fruit of the vine" and bringing great wine, fine cuisine, and good friends together, at the same time providing wheelchair donations and philanthropic support.


    Related Information:

    How the Free Wheelchair Mission Began
    Disability Resource Organizations
    Mobiilty Chairs: An Overview
    How to Buy from a Discount Wheelchair Retailer
    Wheelchair Sports Organizations
    Other Wheelchair Mobility Resources and Information




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