# Want to donate ownership of mineral rights royalties in CA
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/want-to-donate-ownership-of-mineral-rights-royalties-in-ca/73898
**Category:** Ownership and Title
**Created:** [January 19, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/want-to-donate-ownership-of-mineral-rights-royalties-in-ca/73898 "2024-01-19T20:27:27Z")
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### Author:  [@VNaughton](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/VNaughton)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/want-to-donate-ownership-of-mineral-rights-royalties-in-ca/73898/1 "2024-01-19T20:27:27Z")
For the past 60 years, I have received a modest monthly royalty check for gas well leases owned in California. I live in New York and this has become a tax nightmare for me.
Is there a charitable organization that would be interested in owning my rights to these royalties?
I no longer have the paperwork showing my title to interest in these royalty rights.
I am looking for an organization that would incur the costs of hiring a landsman to do a title search, etc., so that a deed can be produced establishing my ownership (which I would then transfer to this charitable organization).
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### Author:  [@tim\_dowd](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/tim_dowd)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/want-to-donate-ownership-of-mineral-rights-royalties-in-ca/73898/2 "2024-01-19T20:44:11Z")
I know that in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation accepts numerous donations of mineral rights. So do many church foundations.
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### Author:  [@Mineral\_Owner5](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mineral_Owner5)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/want-to-donate-ownership-of-mineral-rights-royalties-in-ca/73898/3 "2024-01-19T23:10:50Z")
I would not donate it to a state or government organization, please! A Christian Church or a Medical research group like the heart, kidney foundation would be a better idea for me personally if I did not have family members to give it to.
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### Author:  [@LTrout](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/LTrout)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/want-to-donate-ownership-of-mineral-rights-royalties-in-ca/73898/4 "2024-01-19T23:55:51Z")
I would reach out to St Jude’s.
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### Author:  [@tim\_dowd](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/tim_dowd)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/want-to-donate-ownership-of-mineral-rights-royalties-in-ca/73898/5 "2024-01-20T21:41:29Z")
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is not a state or government organization. They do medical research for numerous diseases.
> **[Homepage](https://omrf.org/)**
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> Discoveries That Make a Difference
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### Author:  [@PermianResearch](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/PermianResearch)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/want-to-donate-ownership-of-mineral-rights-royalties-in-ca/73898/6 "2024-01-22T19:27:28Z")
In my experience leasing non-profits, they would much rather you sell the minerals and donate the money to them. Most non-profits/charities don’t have the infrastructure necessary to manage mineral rights and it ends up being a hindrance to them. Whereas, they can put cash to work straight away.
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### Author:  [@Roy](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Roy)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/want-to-donate-ownership-of-mineral-rights-royalties-in-ca/73898/7 "2024-01-24T02:02:27Z")
Perhaps some nonprofits in Texas or Oklahoma accept donated mineral rights, but most charities in most states do not want to accept esoteric assets because they don’t employ staff for arcane bookkeeping.
Moreover, if I donated minerals I want to claim market value as a tax-deductible donation, for which IRS might demand an appraisal, and mineral appraisals cost a few thousand.
If I were you I would just keep depositing the royalties, even if small. If you must divest, you could reach out to firms that buy minerals, although yours may be too small to generate much interest, because the buyer must evaluate, search title, prepare deed, etc.
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### Author:  [@MY\_PE](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MY_PE)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/want-to-donate-ownership-of-mineral-rights-royalties-in-ca/73898/8 "2024-01-28T05:35:16Z")
Maybe the nonprofits could provide you an appraisal for your tax reduction…
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### Author:  [@Kitchen](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kitchen)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/want-to-donate-ownership-of-mineral-rights-royalties-in-ca/73898/9 "2024-02-28T22:03:26Z")
You might want to find out if the organization actually holds onto the minerals. Many will accept them as a donation, only to flip them and sell on the open market.
Large institutions like universities, children’s hospitals, etc. normally keep and manage the minerals.
NARO is another organization you should consider donating to, as the proceeds go towards royalty owner education.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/want-to-donate-ownership-of-mineral-rights-royalties-in-ca/73898/10 "2024-04-18T20:27:37Z")
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