Planned Giving
Leave a legacy of love
A gift today ensures that the animals currently in our care have what they need and deserve. By including HSHA in your estate plan, you will help provide those same lifesaving resources to animals in need in the future.
For most, the priority when making your will is to provide for loved ones. However, many people find that even after they’ve done this, they can leave something to a cause they hold dear in their hearts.
Your legacy will provide care for homeless animals; promote spay/neuter for owned pets; save lives by offering quality veterinary services; sponsor adoption events; and most importantly allow us to continue the HSHA mission. Below, you will find resources for thinking through what matters to you and the different ways to make a planned gift.
Beneficiary gifts
Naming us in a qualified retirement plan asset such as a 401(k), 403(b), IRA, Keogh, profit-sharing pension plan, or other donor-advised funds, is a loving gift for helping animals that comes with significant tax savings.
Give from an IRA (QCDs)
Supporters 70.5 or older can create tax-free donations from their retirement savings. You can help improve the lives of pets, reduce your future tax burden, and help meet your annual required minimum distribution.
Gift stock to aid animals currently in our shelters
When you donate appreciated stocks, bonds, or mutual fund shares instead of cash, you’ll receive charitable deductions at full, fair market value while reducing capital gains impact.
Give a gift that will keep growing
Like stock, the fair market value of gifts of appreciated assets, such as real estate, artwork, and other well curated collections, can be deducted from your income tax today, reduce your estate taxes in the future, and help us continue our mission.
Working with an advisor?
If you are working with a professional advisor or advising a donor, here’s a useful guide for including Brandywine Valley SPCA in a charitable estate plan.
Meet our donors
Margaret received a difficult, terminal diagnosis. With no close family, she wanted her cottage to go to the Humane Society of Harrisburg Area (HSHA), but wanted to avoid probate’s delays and costs. After consulting an estate attorney, HSHA became a co-owner of the property with Margaret as tenants in common, meaning her share will transfer directly to HSHA upon her passing, free of probate expenses. Today, Margaret still lives in the home she loves, at peace knowing her legacy is secure. Her gift will one day help shelter and care for homeless animals in her community for years to come.
Have questions or need more information
Adam Lamb
Chief Executive Officer
(484) 302-0025
alamb@bvspca.org