Let your money help animals when you no longer need it. Making a Will or an Estate Plan is the only way you can be sure that your assets will be distributed as you want, benefiting the people and causes you care about.
Leave a Legacy for Animals in Your Will or Estate Plan
How Will Your Legacy Gift Make a Difference?
Whether your gift is large or small, including Animals Unbound in your Will or Estate Plan will give organizations working on the most severe threats to animals around the world the capacity building, emergency support, and other resources they need to maximize their impact for animals.
Your legacy gift is crucial to ensuring this vital work will continue.
Benefits to You
In addition to changing the world for organizations and animals in some of the most challenging situations in earth, your legacy gift may:
Cost little or nothing now
Bypass capital gains tax and income tax
Reduce estate tax
Provide income to you
Benefit your family
How Can I Make a Legacy Gift?
It’s easy to include Animals Unbound in your planned giving. You can give a dollar amount, an asset such as land or stock, a percentage of your estate, or the remainder of your estate. Below are several common options. We encourage you to consult an attorney or financial advisor to best plan your gift; certain options may provide greater tax benefits and financial flexibility.
Please contact us at hello@animalsunbound.org or +1 971 242 4969 to discuss how a legacy gift can help you achieve your philanthropic and personal goals for you and your loved ones.
Will or Trust:
Including Animals Unbound in your Will or Trust ensures a legacy of support for animals in need and organizations that defend them. You can leave Animals Unbound all or part of your estate, a percentage of your estate, or the remainder after bequests ensure your loved ones are provided for. Charitable bequests are exempt from estate tax, so the full amount you give will be used to defend animals.
If you already have a Will, you can simply write an amendment or codicil to include Animals Unbound. We suggest you ask a lawyer or financial planner to review the following sample bequest language with you.
I give, devise and bequeath to Animals Unbound, a registered charity with EIN: __-_______, located at __________________,
all (or ___________ percent) of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate.
or
the sum of ___________ dollars.
or
the following described property:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
IRA or Other Retirement Accounts:
One of the easiest ways to make a difference for animals in need is to name Animals Unbound as a beneficiary of your retirement account(s). Your beneficiaries will avoid paying income tax on the distribution and receive a tax deduction for the charitable contribution. The funds received by Animals Unbound are exempt from probate and are not subject to estate tax.
To name Animals Unbound as a beneficiary of your retirement account(s), please contact a representative at the financial institution that holds your account(s).
Charitable Gift Annuity or Charitable Remainder Trust:
Receive a tax deduction today and make a gift that can pay you income for life.
Other Ways to Give (all with tax advantages):
Retirement plan assets
Life insurance
Beneficiary designations
Appreciated securities
Real estate
Tangible personal property
Contact us today at hello@animalsunbound.org or +1 971 242 4969 to discuss how you might choose to make a gift that saves lives for many years to come.
