FWIW this is also a relaitvley common practice for administrators when dealing with bankrupt companies. Donating goods they can't sell is often cheaper than storing them or paying for them to be disposed of!
Being wrote off an entire 787 Dreamliner and donated it to the Pima Air And Space museum. It was going to cost to much to fix and have recertified after it went through testing, so they gave the whole thing away.
Possibly the second largest donated item ever, after the aircraft carrier Russia "donated" to India (I think it was in need of $2B worth of repairs...)
The family that started the Patagonia brand donated 1600 mi^2 of land to Chile to form a national park. That's way bigger than a boat(and probably cheaper to maintain too)!
If you try to return a mattress you bought online this happens too. They'll have a truck from the Salvation Army stop by. Small write off I suppose. I "returned" an Amazon mattress but my wife didn't like it, and because of COVID they just refunded the money and told me I could keep it. I don't know what I'm gonna do with this extra king sized mattress though, guess I'll make a rather luxurious guest bedroom.