November is “Make a Will” month and a time we frequently obtain inquiries from kind-hearted animal lovers who wish to know extra about how they’ll make a distinction within the lives of animals, even after they’re gone.
In case you are contemplating making a legacy reward to the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society, we’ve compiled solutions to ceaselessly requested inquiries to information you. Listed here are some issues you could wish to take into account if you’re planning on leaving a legacy reward in your will to assist animals in want.
How do I’m going about leaving a present in my will?
First, it’s a good suggestion to speak to your executor so they’re conscious of your intention to go away a legacy reward. When getting ready your will, be certain that you embody the kind of reward you plan to go away (certain quantity or residue portion of your property) to the Ontario SPCA. Embody our identify, charitable donation quantity, and any particular directions (applications, areas of curiosity, and so on.) you want to depart.
For extra details about legacy giving, learn right here.
What does my donation help?
Your beneficiant reward will help a variety of totally different life-changing initiatives, together with pressing medical look after animals, day-to-day care and enrichment whereas animals wait for his or her eternally households and spay/neuter applications to assist cut back pet overpopulation. It’s going to additionally help caretakers in managing feral cat colonies, permit us to move animals who want houses to areas of the province the place households are ready to undertake, and it’ll be certain that our teaching programs proceed to create a brighter future for animals.
Whereas we’ve quite a few applications designed to help and look after animals in want, your charitable bequest will be directed to a selected to a program you want to help.
Click on right here for extra details about our applications and the help we provide to animals.
What’s the Ontario SPCA’s authorized identify?
Our authorized identify is the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and/or Ontario SPCA and Humane Society. When leaving a present for the animals in your will, please guarantee to incorporate our identify in your written directions.
What’s the Ontario SPCA’s charitable donation quantity?
Our charitable donation quantity is: 88969-1044-RR0002. You will need to embody this quantity in your will, as it’s distinctive to our charity and ensures that your reward involves the fitting place.
What sort of reward can I depart?
You possibly can depart presents in any quantity to the Ontario SPCA to assist help animals in want. Presents in wills, in any other case often called a charitable bequest, can create a long-lasting change that can enhance animal welfare for generations of animals. It may be a certain amount or a portion of the residue of your property.
As you allow your mark on the welfare and care of animals, you may also select the precise location in your reward. This fashion you’ll be able to select to help a selected animal centre. We now have 12 animal centre areas throughout Ontario.
The place can I get extra data?
Go to ontariospca.ca/how-to-help/leave-a-gift-in-your-will/ for extra data on methods to depart a present in your will.