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Please let us know if you’ve already included a gift for the ASPCA. Providing us with documentation is the best way to ensure that your gift is used in the way you intend.
Gifts in a Will or Trust
A gift in your will or trust is one of the easiest ways to create your legacy and make a powerful and lasting statement about the importance of protecting animals from cruelty and unnecessary harm.
No Cost
Costs you nothing now to give in this way.
Flexible
You can alter your gift or change your mind at any time and for any reason.
Lasting Impact
Your gift will create your legacy of keeping animals safe and in a loving home.
4 simple, “no-cost-now” ways to give in your will or trust:
General gift in your will or trust
Specific gift in your will or trust
Residual gift in your will or trust
Contingent gift in your will or trust
Gifts by Beneficiary Designation
It’s easy to put your bank accounts, retirement funds, savings bonds, and more to use in creating a world informed and inspired by The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals — and it costs nothing now. You can request a beneficiary designation from the bank or institution that holds your asset(s) and name one or more beneficiaries on that form. This should be free and does not require an attorney. With this plan in place, the asset goes directly to your named beneficiary without going through the probate process.
By naming the ASPCA as a beneficiary of these assets, you power our approach to saving the lives of animals. Your gift becomes your personal legacy of compassion to animals.
Potential benefits of gifts by beneficiary designation:
Reduce or eliminate taxes on retirement assets
Reduce or avoid probate fees
No cost to you now to give
Create your legacy with the ASPCA
To name The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals as a beneficiary of your retirement plan, contact your bank or insurance company to see whether a change of beneficiary form must be completed.
How to Change a Beneficiary Designation:
Login to your account or request a Change of Beneficiary Form from your custodian (the business holding your money or assets).
Follow the links to change your beneficiary or fill out the form.
Be sure to spell the name of our organization properly:
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Include our tax identification number: 13‑1623829
Save or submit your information online or return your Change of Beneficiary Form.
A Gift of Retirement Funds (beneficiary of your retirement plan):
You can simply name the ASPCA as a beneficiary of your retirement plan to help raise critical public awareness on key issues affecting at-risk animals.
A gift of funds remaining in your bank accounts, brokerage accounts or certificate of deposit (CD):
This is one of the easiest gifts to give and one of the most useful in accomplishing what you want – helping animals in need. The next time you visit your bank, you can name The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tax ID: 13-1623829) as the beneficiary of a checking or savings bank account, a certificate of deposit (CD), or a brokerage account. When you do, you’ll take a powerful step toward making animals’ lives better for generations to come.
Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) residuals:
What remains in a Donor-Advised Fund is governed by the contract you completed when you created your fund. When you name the ASPCA as a “successor” of your account or a portion of your account value, you are preventing animal homelessness and cruelty.
Savings Bonds:
If you have bonds that have stopped earning interest and you plan to redeem them, you might owe income tax on the appreciation. That could result in your heirs receiving only a fraction of the value of the bonds in which you invested. Since the ASPCA is a tax-exempt institution, naming us as a beneficiary means that 100% of your gift will go toward the support of animal rescue, placement and protection across America.
Our Team is Here to Help
Our experienced team is here to help you…
- Learn about special projects that align with your interests.
- Structure a donation that maximizes benefits for you and your loved ones.
- Stay up to date on how your gift is used.
- And more.