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MAKE A PLANNED DONATION
Ever since our launch in 1869, bequests have been crucial to the well-being and the survival of the Canadian SPCA. They have allowed us to expand our mission and our ability to make a difference. Today, they are even more vital to any charitable organization’s survival.
A planned gift is a charitable donation provided for during a donor’s lifetime, to become available to the SPCA either immediately or sometime in the future. This program has been set up to invite members and backers to consider supporting the SPCA for years to come.
Gifts by Will, Life Insurance Policies and Gifts-in-kind - set up to suit your wishes and financial means - are among the most common types of Planned Giving. Such gifts not only benefit the SPCA, but also provide tax relief for the donors and their estate.
We strongly suggest that you always consult a financial or estate planner when considering a Planned Gift. By following their advice, you will benefit from the various tax deductions stipulated by the provincial and federal governments, so you and your loved ones contribute the best way for all. The ultimate goal is to not squander your estate, but rather to ensure a better distribution among your heirs, and the maximum profit from it for all parties involved.
All enquiries about Planned Giving are held in the strictest confidence. For further information or assistance from the SPCA in setting up a Planned Gift, you, your attorney, financial or estate planner may contact (514) 735-2711, ext. 2228, or by e-mail: admin@spcamontreal.com.
To obtain more information on the various types of Planned Giving, click on the desired item(s) below:
- Gifts made by Will
- Life Insurance Policies
- Gifts in kind
We sincerely thank you for your interest in the SPCA and for thinking about offering us financial support.
GIFTS MADE BY WILL
Bequests, which are gifts made by will, are the most common way to make a Planned Gift. You may already have thought of a way of being generous and of making a contribution that could outlive you! Making a gift by will to the SPCA is an excellent way of donating something greater than you could during your lifetime
Bequeathing to the SPCA is simple and involves minimal cost to you. You can either make a new will or amend an existing one. Ask the professional who handles your will to contact the SPCA’s Director of Planned Giving about precise bequest language
You can make a gift for a specific sum of money, or a percentage of your estate or personal property.
Simply add the following to your will: "I bequeath to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Towards Animals, situated at 5215 Jean-Talon West, Montréal, Quebec, the sum of $___________ (or a percentage of my estate or the following goods:____________ ) ."
Bequests can provide significant tax relief for Estates. Moreover, Tax Receipts are issued to your Estate by the SPCA
Your generosity can be directed towards the SPCA’s greatest needs, or aimed towards more specific purposes dear to your heart.
Furthermore, by establishing a Perpetuity Trust, you can ensure that your name, or that of someone close to you, will be remembered long after your death.
The SPCA has been in existence since 1869. It has lasted through wars, social and economic crises and its own financial crises. The SPCA plans to continue serving the community and animals for many more decades.
LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES
Gifts of Life Insurance Policies have grown in popularity in recent years, because they are a unique and exceptional way to make a substantial gift to a charity, even if you have a modest income. Consider the things that such a Gift allows you to do:
- Make a substantial, lasting gift with a relatively low financial investment
- Extend your personal influence beyond your lifetime for years to come for the caring of animals
- Ensure that your name, or that of a loved one, is remembered after your death, through the setting up of a Perpetuity Trust
- Non-reduction of your estate, because the death benefit is paid by the insurance company to the SPCA and your heirs receive your entire estate, as per your will
- You may receive a tax receipt in your name, each year, for the equivalent of half the premiums paid on the life insurance policy.
- Should you decide, upon discussing this matter with your financial or estate planner, to have the tax receipt issued at the time of your death only, a tax receipt will be issued equivalent to half the amount of the life insurance policy. This will offset the applicable capital gains tax. That way, your heirs truly benefit from your whole estate.
GIFTS IN KIND
A Gift-In-Kind is a contribution of something other than money, such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, jewellery, art, houses, cottages, farms, real estate, antiquities etc.
You can make this kind of gift either immediately or through a will. Once the gift is made, the SPCA may keep it and use it, or sell it for the proceeds. In certain instances, you may have the right to keep on using those gifts, or living in them.
Often, donors who desire to make a very large donation to the SPCA use this type of Planned Giving.
Furthermore, the SPCA has significant specific needs, and if you want to help us this way, we would be more than happy to send you a list of our urgent needs.
This is the most tax-effective way for you to help the animals. The monetary value of the gift is deemed to be its fair market value, and a tax receipt will be given for that amount.
N.B.: If it is your intention to donate securities such as stocks, bonds or mutual funds, make sure that your gift is transferred to the SPCA as a security and not as cash. Do not sell the securities and donate the cash proceeds; if you do, you’ll be paying extra income taxes on the capital gains.
The SPCA has been in existence since 1869. It has lasted through wars, social and economic crises and its own financial crises. The SPCA plans to continue serving the community and animals for many more decades.
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