Why include the Augusta Regional SPCA in your financial and estate planning?
The decision to make a charitable contribution—to any organization whether that is a national charity, regional nonprofit, or a local youth-sport team or church—comes down to a simple question: “Is this a worthy cause, and if so, how can I support it?”
The Augusta Regional SPCA is a worthy cause. We speak for animals when no one else does. We are their safety net in society. We are their voices. We are their advocates. 100% of your donation goes to Augusta Regional SPCA..
The Augusta Regional SPCA connects people with pets. We are the original relationship-matching service. And we help maintain those relationships through our animal-health services.
How you can give to Augusta Regional SPCA?
Our programs thrive thanks to the generous giving of individuals who have included the Augusta Regional SPCA in their estate plans. Your financial advisor or estate planner can help you make arrangements on your behalf. There are many planned giving options, one suited for almost any giving desire.
Wills:
- Leave a specific dollar amount or asset to the Augusta Regional SPCA.
- Designate a percentage of your estate to be given through your will or living trust.
- Give only the remainder, or residue, of your estate, or that which remains after bequests to loved ones have been made.
Retirement Assets:
- Funds grow tax-free until time of withdrawal
- Provides for your loved ones and Augusta Regional SPCA
- Taxes can be avoided through carefully planned charitable giving
Life Insurance Policies:
- Add Augusta Regional SPCA as a beneficiary
- Donate a paid-up policy
- Make Augusta Regional SPCA the owner and beneficiary
Charitable Remainder Trusts:
- Provides a stream of income for you and your beneficiaries
- Upon trust termination, remainder interest can be donated to Augusta Regional SPCA
You can also give gifts of cash, securities, savings bonds, and in some cases real estate or personal property.
Your financial advisor or estate planner can explain each option to you and help you select the planned giving option that best suits your financial needs, your personal commitment to animal welfare, and the future financial security of your loved ones. With careful planning, you can make a tremendous impact on animal welfare in our community. Listing Augusta Regional SPCA as a beneficiary of an account may also help avoid probate. Please, talk with your advisor today.
For information about how you may give to the Augusta Regional SPCA, please call us at (540) 885-7722.
Planned Giving Saves Lives
Animals have no safety net in society, no voices of their own, and very few rights under the law. We speak for animals when no one else does. We help prevent animal abuse.
Including Augusta Regional SPCA in your trust or estate plans saves and improves the lives of the animals we love; and it greatly improves
human life as well.
Animal welfare is critical to human welfare.
Studies prove that interacting with pets lowers blood pressure, it increases levels of serotonin in the brain, and it even motivates people to exercise. Interacting with pets helps overcome loneliness, it helps those with mental illness, and it reduces the risk of heart disease.
Your financial or estate planner can help you create a plan that meets all your financial needs and helps improve lives in your community. Please, plan today.
