Leave a Life-saving Legacy
Ensure a bright, safe future for homeless petsFor 20 years, FRAs has served our local community, helping countless animals and working directly with our local shelters to save lives. You can include FRAs in your will and confidently know that your gift will ensure a bright, safe future for at risk animals.
When you leave a gift to Friends of Rescue Animals (FRAs) through your will or trust, your love for pets will continue far into the future ensuring that homeless pets right here in our community will know love and warmth.
Planned giving funds can be restricted to the program of your choice based on the legacy you want to leave. Whether your passion is around dogs or cats, you can specify how the funds are utilized. Some examples include providing heartworm treatments, supporting the cat rescue program, transporting dogs out-of-state, helping community cats, funding emergency medical care, vaccinations, spay and neuter surgeries, and so much more!
Gift planning helps you turn your savings into life-saving support while meeting your personal and estate-planning goals. When you include FRAs in your estate plan, your generosity ensures we can continue helping the homeless animals well into the future.
Whether you have already included us in your estate plans or you want to discuss possibilities, reach out to us to let us know.
Will or Trust
Just a simple provision in your will or revocable trust provides for the animals who need your help. Gifting through your will or trust allows you the flexibility of specifying a dollar amount or a particular asset, such as real estate or stock. It also allows you to donate either a percentage or remainder of your estate. You maintain the flexibility to change your will or trust in the event that life circumstances change.
Retirement Assets
Many people will not use all their retirement assets during their lifetime. A gift of your remaining retirement assets from an IRA, 401(k), 403(b), pension, or other tax-deferred plan is an excellent way to help the animals for years to come.
Tax-deferred retirement plan balances are typically subject to both income and estate taxes. However, since we are a non-profit organization, we won’t pay taxes on the distribution. Your retirement assets may be transferred to FRAs by completing a beneficiary designation form provided by your plan custodian.
Named Beneficiary
One of the most flexible and easiest ways you can make a difference for the animals is by designating FRAs as a beneficiary of your financial accounts. Any account that allows a transfer on death (TOD) or payment on death (POD) designation can be a practical way to help homeless pets. Examples include CDs, money market, savings, checking and brokerage accounts.
Through a simple beneficiary designation form, you can add FRAs as a beneficiary or contingent beneficiary of any percent or amount you choose. Request the form from your financial institution, make your desired beneficiary designations, and return the form to establish your gift.