Support Low-Cost Car Repair
Your sustaining gift to The Lift Garage helps your neighbors by providing low-cost car repair, free pre-purchase inspections, and honest advice, fueling our vision of Safe Cars, Secure Lives.
When our neighbors have access to low-cost car repair, we are all safer on the roads.
Transportation is a Vehicle for Transforming Lives
The Lift Garage provides low-cost car repair, free pre-purchase inspections, and honest advice to customers, but the impact doesn't stop there. When neighbors have access to reliable transportation, they're more likely to report higher quality of life, an increase in feeling independent, and can more easily obtain and retain jobs.
The Lift Garage is powered by community. When you become a sustaining donor, you're joining a circle of supporters from all over the country who are committed to keeping their neighbors connected and cared for by providing low-cost car repair.
Sustaining giving builds a more stable foundation for our entire community. Here's how it works:
Impact on Operations
Sustaining donors provide predictable revenue for The Lift, which allows us to create a strong budget, build capacity, and forecast future growth.
Sustaining giving is sustainable giving. You're creating a strong foundation that allows us to serve more customers, making the roads safer for all!
Impact on Customers
Sustaining support shows customers they can trust that The Lift will continue to be a reliable, long-term resource in our community.
We are able to invest in and retain skilled technicians and service writers, providing customers with the expertise and knowledge they can count on, every time.
Impact on Donors (You!)
Sustaining giving allows you to build giving into your budget, whether it's a monthly, quarterly, or annual gift. Flexible payment options let you choose how you make your donation.
You'll stay in the know with regular updates, the inside scoop on our impact, and chances to connect with our staff and other sustainers.
Sustaining giving puts your values into action.
When you become a Sustainer, you are joining a community that believes that The Lift Garage's mission is a good investment and a win for everyone.
Join supporters like Suzanne, whose sustaining gift was inspired by her son, an ASE-Certified Master Technician. As the only mechanic to ever work on her car, he has saved her thousands of dollars and the stress and uncertainty that can come with surprise car repair bills.
"There were car repairs that if my son hadn't done them properly, I couldn't have done them. Which means I couldn't have found work and I couldn't have paid my bills. So when I learned about The Lift Garage, I knew I had to support your work."
Suzanne's sustaining gift helps us put more safe cars back on the road, helping our customers get to work, school, doctor's appointments, and more.
"Organizations need to know what they've got coming in to know what they can put out. There are just some nonprofits, like The Lift Garage, that I felt strongly needed to know my gift was coming in every month and count on that."
Will you join Suzanne in making a sustaining gift to go the extra mile for The Lift Garage community?
Get Inspired
Choose a monthly, quarterly, or annual donation based on a common need at The Lift. The affordable rates we offer our customers are made possible by sustaining donors (like you)!
The Impact of Your Monthly Gift in 2025
1709 Appointments
The Lift Garage offers services to our customers by appointment only. Our ASE-certified technicians work hard to do high-quality work our customers can trust by offering free inspections, pre-purchase inspections, and mobile van visits. Customers at The Lift pay $25/hour for labor and parts are sold at a 7.5% markup.
883 Inspections
Inspections are free to The Lift Garage's customers and focus on the safety and drivability issues with the car. Our technicians and service writers offer honest advice about needed safety and drivability repairs, which keeps everyone safer on the roads.
$743 Average Savings
Repairs at The Lift Garage typically cost our customers about one third of what they would at a for-profit shop. The low rates our customers pay for car repair covers a portion of the actual cost. We rely on the generosity of donors to cover the rest! Your support helps ensure customers don't have to choose between making their vehicle safe and other essentials, such as groceries and rent.
