Planned Giving
Showing Your Love For Animals Through Planned Giving
Planned Giving is a general term that includes several options to donors to make gifts through estate or other deferred means. There are many benefits, including tax benefits, maintaining control of your finances, and, in some cases, even increasing your income.
Here's a list of the types of planned gifts that can benefit the animals and may benefit you, too!
- Bequests
- Life Insurance
- Charitable Remainder Unitrusts (produce income)
- Charitable Gift Annuities (produce income)
Friends Forever
To honor donors who make a planned gift, The Maryland SPCA created Friends Forever. Donors who include the SPCA in their estate, either through a bequest, life insurance policy or other means, are recognized as members of Friends Forever.
Planned gifts are important to the care we provide the animals. Bequests have enabled The Maryland SPCA to establish an endowment, which now provides a substantial part of the revenue needed to operate the adoption center. Friends Forever provides a way to recognize and thank donors during their lifetimes for their generosity and foresight.
To become a member of Friends Forever, the only requirement is a written statement from you or your attorney, indicating your intention to leave a gift to the SPCA. You need not reveal the amount of the gift, and you can choose to remain anonymous. Members of Friends Forever will be recognized once a year in Animal Talk, the SPCA’s quarterly newsletter.
