Vote: Toyota to Give 100 Cars to 100 Nonprofits

Do you know a Farmington or Farmington Hills nonprofit that could expand its efforts with a new car?

Toyota launched 100 Cars for Good, a major national philanthropy program Monday in which the automaker is giving away 100 cars to 100 nonprofits over the course of 100 days. 

Winners will be selected each day through public voting on Facebook.  

Jewish Family Services awarded a minivan

This is the second consecutive year for Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program. 100 Cars for Good is the first Toyota initiative to engage the public in determining how its corporate philanthropic donations will be awarded.

A Farmington Hills Toyota dealership handed over the keys to a 2011 Toyota Sienna minivan to  on Oct. 5, 2011, as part of Toyota's 100 Cars for Good initiative. Alex Goldberg, head of Jewish Family Service's transportation department, took delivery at  35200 Grand River Ave., Farmington Hills.

Based in West Bloomfield, Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit serves more than 30,000 residents every year with outpatient mental health theapy, addiction and recovery services, crisis support, case management for seniors and families, domestic violence prevention and intervention and more. The charity helps people from all religions and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Here’s how the 100 Cars for Good program works:

• Registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and non-profit Native American or Alaskan tribes with sovereignty can apply online at www.100carsforgood.com beginning on Monday, March 12.  This address will link to the 100 Cars for Good Facebook page.
• 100 Cars for Good applications will be open for two weeks (until Monday, March 26 at 11:59 am PST), or until 5,000 applications are received.  From this group, 500 finalists will be selected and certified by an independent panel of experts.  Finalists will be notified in April.
• Each finalist will then submit a short video and explanation on how a new vehicle would help further its work. Both will be featured on the 100 Cars for Good site.
• Public voting on the finalists will begin on Monday, May 14 at 100carsforgood.com with five organizations up for consideration each day for 100 consecutive days. 
• The four runners up each day will each receive a $1,000 grant from Toyota.
• Finalists will be eligible for one of six Toyota models, including the Camry Hybrid, Highlander SUV, Prius v hybrid, Sienna minivan, Sienna Mobility or Tundra full-sized pickup. 
• A six-year, 100,000-mile powertrain warranty will also be provided for each vehicle, compliments of Toyota Financial Services.