ESTATE PLANNING
A bequest to the SPCA of Northern Virginia through your will or trust helps ensure that we can continue to carry out our mission of helping homeless and abused animals receive the care they need.
By remembering SPCA of Northern Virginia in your estate planning, you can leave a legacy that will benefit future generations of animals and help provide for our future work. The federal government encourages these gifts or bequests, by allowing an unlimited estate tax charitable deduction.
There are various methods for making such a bequest:
Specific Bequest
A specific bequest allows you to leave a specified gift in the form of a cash distribution. To make such a bequest use the following language:
“I give, devise and bequeath to the SPCA of Northern Virginia, P.O. Box 100220, Arlington, VA 22210-3220 the sum of (insert amount) to be used for its general purposes.”
Residuary Bequest
A residuary bequest allows you to leave a “remainder” of a percentage of your estate to the SPCA of Northern Virginia. To make a residuary use the following language:
“I give, devise and bequeath to the SPCA of Northern Virginia, P.O. Box 100220, Arlington, VA 22210-3220 all (insert percentage amount) of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, to be used for its general purposes.”
Contingency Bequest
A contingency bequest allows you to make a gift contingent on certain circumstances. To make a contingency bequest use the following language: “If any of the above-named beneficiaries should predecease me, I hereby bequeath his or her share to the SPCA of Northern Virginia, P.O. Box 100220, Arlington, VA 22210-3220 to be used for its general purposes.”
If you already have a Will, you can use the suggested wording to write a codicil (an addendum) that names SPCA of Northern Virginia a beneficiary of your estate.
The SPCA of Northern Virginia is an IRS-registered 501(c)(3) charity, EIN 54-1627788, listed under the name Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Northern VA.