Leave a Legacy of Love
Every gift tells a story. By leaving a legacy with HATS, your story becomes one of compassion, helping homeless animals find safety, care, and love long after your lifetime. Planned giving is more than a financial decision, it’s a promise that your values will live on, creating a brighter future for pets and people in our community.
Whether through your will, retirement assets, donor-advised funds, or stock gifts, every legacy contribution makes a lasting difference. Together, we can ensure that animals in need always have a chance at life, love, and a home.
Meaningful ways to leave a legacy for animals:
Will or Trust
Simple, flexible, and meaningful.
Including HATS in your will or living trust is one of the easiest ways to leave a lasting legacy. A bequest is simple to add, can be changed at any time, and may also reduce estate taxes. Suggested language for your attorney:
“I, [name], of [city, state, zip], give, devise and bequeath to Helping Animals To Survive [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its use and purpose.”
Your gift ensures HATS can continue saving precious lives long into the future.
Retirement Assets
An easy way to save lives.
Unused retirement funds—such as IRAs, 401(k)s, pensions, or other tax-deferred plans—can make a tremendous impact. Because HATS is a nonprofit, these gifts pass to us tax-free, maximizing the value of your legacy.
Simply complete a beneficiary designation form with your plan custodian to include HATS. Your estate may also receive a charitable deduction.
Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs)
Simplify your charitable giving.
A donor-advised fund lets you support animals through HATS while receiving immediate tax benefits. Contributions are deductible right away, investment growth is tax-free, and donating appreciated securities avoids capital gains.
Your DAF sponsor handles the details—you simply recommend a gift. Ask your advisor to designate HATS, and let us know so we can thank you.
Stock
A tax-efficient way to help animals.
Donating appreciated securities, such as stocks, can be one of the most effective ways to support HATS. Your gift helps save lives while you may benefit from significant tax savings by avoiding capital gains.
It’s a smart, impactful way to make your generosity go further for animals in need.