Ways to Give

Mail-In Gifts

Please mail in your gift to: Halifax Humane Society c/o Development at 2364 LPGA Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32124. Please remember to include your pledge or payment information. SaveAPet@HalifaxHumaneSociety.org

In-Kind Donations
Donations of goods and services as In-Kind in lieu of a monetary or product donation is always very much appreciated.

Matching Gifts

Many companies provide matching gift opportunities for their employees. Contact your HR department for more information. Matching gift forms may be sent to Halifax Humane Society c/o Development at 2364 LPGA Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32124. Please remember to include your pledge or payment information.

Shop & Give Back

There are a variety of ways to shop & give back to Halifax Humane Society, check out the retailers that give back to HHS below:

SlickDeals Gives Back

Want to find the best deals and help us raise money at the same time? Go to Slickdeals Gives Back. Register for free, select us as your designated nonprofit and start shopping. Slickdeals will make a donation to us based on your support. It’s that easy!

o With the Slickdeals Gives Back program you can save money with great Petco promo codes and every purchase you make helps raise money for Halifax Humane Society.

o Shop and save with Petsmart coupons while helping us raise money.

Rides For Rescues- Donate a Vehicle

Donating your car, truck, van, SUV, boat, motorcycle, ATV, RV, trailer or airplane has never been easier! Simply go to www.rides4rescues.org to donate to, give us a call, and our trained staff will guide you through the donation process.

Schedule the Vehicle Pick up
In some areas, we will have the ability to schedule the vehicle for pick up during your initial call. In all other cases CARS will contact you within 2-3 business days to set a convenient appointment time for pick up. If you need your vehicle picked up sooner, please call us toll-free at 855-500-RIDE (7433) as we may be able to make those arrangements. The vehicle will be picked up by a licensed tow company at no cost to you and will be taken to our sale location. You will be provided a Donation Receipt by the tow driver at the time of pick up.

The Donated Vehicle is Sold
We have sales locations where we evaluate each vehicle. When it is cost-effective, we make major and/or minor mechanical repairs. We use auction houses to sell the majority of our vehicles. On occasion, we may receive a unique or specialty item for which we may use other means to sell the vehicle.

PUT ME ON YOUR CAR

By purchasing a Florida Animal Friend License plate, you help fund free and low-cost spay and neuter programs across the state. Your individual annual donation adds up to dozens of large grants which are professionally implemented and evaluated. If you already have a Florida Animal Friend plate and want to switch to the new one, you will need to order a new plate or wait until your ten-year renewal time.

http://floridaanimalfriend.org/purchase-a-plate/

Bequests, Wills, & Securities

Making a legacy gift to support the animals through your will or living trust gives you the immediate satisfaction of creating a lasting and personal legacy that ensures a future for Halifax Humane Society! A selfless contribution that costs nothing now - yet worth so much.

Leaving a gift to Halifax Humane Society in your will or trust, by beneficiary designation, or another form of planned gift can make a lasting difference to our work. Many gifts cost you nothing now, there is no minimum contribution, and you are not locked into a decision you make today.

Wills

A will to the Halifax Humane Society is a wonderful way to express your love for animals as part of your legacy.

How It Works

Include a will to Halifax Humane Society in your will or trust.
Make your will unrestricted or direct it to a specific purpose within the Halifax Humane Society.
Indicate a specific amount, or a percentage of the balance remaining in your estate or trust.

Sample Language:

“I will _________(dollar amount or % of state) to be used for its general purposes (or you may restrict the gift to a specific program) to the Halifax Humane Society Inc., or its successors and/or assigns by merger or purchase, federal tax identification number 59-0530990, whose present address is 2364 LPGA Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32124.”

Benefits

Your assets remain in your control during your lifetime.
You can modify your will to address changing circumstances.
You can direct your will to a particular purpose (be sure to check with us to make sure your gift can be used as intended).
Under current tax law there is no upper limit on the estate tax deduction for your charitable wills.

Life Insurance

Halifax Humane Society accepts gifts of life insurance either as the beneficiary of a policy or as the sole owner and sole beneficiary. This can be an existing or employer provided policy or a paid up policy.

You can name Halifax Humane Society as a primary life insurance beneficiary or as a contingent beneficiary should your other beneficiaries not survive you. After your lifetime, the benefits from your policy pass to Halifax Humane Society, free of federal estate tax.

Existing or Employer Provided

How It Works

Contact your life insurance carrier and request a beneficiary form.
Designate Halifax Humane Society as a primary or contingent beneficiary

Benefits

Simple to give: Involves little effort or paperwork
Financial advantage: Continued ownership of your policy
Flexibility: You can change your mind and your beneficiaries at any time
Future tax savings: Removes the asset from your potential gross taxable estate

Paid up Policy

How it Works

You transfer ownership of a paid-up life insurance policy to Halifax Humane Society
Halifax Humane Society cashes in the policy now or maintains it and receives the death benefit later.

Benefits

Income tax savings: You’re entitled to a current income tax deduction
Future tax savings: Removes the asset from your potential gross taxable estate

Retirement Plan

Retirement assets include tax-deferred retirement saving accounts, like Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA), 401(k), 403(b), annuities, Keogh, and pension plans. Gifts from these accounts while you are still living may have withdrawal penalties and may have income tax consequences. However, naming the Halifax Humane Society as the beneficiary of your retirement assets at your death avoids both income tax and estate tax obligations.

If the largest asset in your estate is your retirement plan, such as a 401(k), IRA, or Keogh, you may be surprised to learn that the IRS will impose income tax on the remaining balance in the account if you designate it to a beneficiary other than your spouse.

The income from the after-death distribution of a tax-deferred retirement plan to an heir is taxable as income and is in addition to the estate tax that may be imposed on the account. For estates fully subject to the estate tax, the result can be that up to 75 percent of the value of your retirement plan will be consumed in taxes before your child, relative or friend receives it.

How It Works

Name the Halifax Humane Society as a beneficiary of your IRA, 401(k) or other qualified plan.
Designate Halifax Humane Society to receive all or a portion of the balance of your plan through your plan administrator.
The balance in your plan reverts to Halifax Humane Society after your lifetime.
Your gift to Halifax Humane Society is not taxed for income nor for the estate because Halifax Humane Society is a tax-exempt organization.

Benefits

Avoid the double taxation your retirement savings would incur if you designated your heir(s) as beneficiary(ies).
Continue to take regular lifetime withdrawals.
You can remove as a beneficiary if your family’s needs change.

Stocks, bonds, and mutual funds are the most common types of securities in a person’s portfolio. By making a gift of securities to the Halifax Humane Society, you can claim the full appreciated value of the Securities as a charitable contribution deduction and avoid the capital gains tax.

For more information please email: SaveAPet@HalifaxHumaneSociety.org