Why Consider a Planned Gift?
Lasting Legacy
Your love for animals lives on through every rescue, award, and deployment we fund.
Tax Advantages
Most planned gifts offer immediate or estate-tax benefits for you or your heirs.
Maintain Control
You keep your assets during your lifetime — the gift only takes effect later.
Larger Impact
Planned gifts are typically the largest contributions donors ever make.
How Planned Giving Works
Three steps. No commitment required to explore your options.
Explore Your Options
Review the giving vehicles below and pick what fits your assets, age, and goals.
Talk to Your Advisor
Your attorney, financial planner, or accountant can guide tax and estate implications.
Notify Our Team
Let us know your intentions so we can welcome you into our Legacy Society and steward your gift.
Ways to Give a Legacy
Pick the vehicle that aligns with your situation. Our team can help you and your advisor structure any of these.
Bequest in Your Will
The simplest legacy gift. Name Ruff Rough as a beneficiary of a specific dollar amount, percentage, or remainder of your estate.
Beneficiary Designations
Name Ruff Rough as beneficiary of an IRA, 401(k), life insurance policy, or bank account. Often the most tax-efficient option.
Charitable Remainder Trust
Receive lifetime income, claim a partial tax deduction now, and leave the remainder to support K-9 rescue heroes.
Donor-Advised Fund
Recommend a current grant or name Ruff Rough as a successor beneficiary of your DAF.
Real Estate & Appreciated Assets
Donate property, stocks, or crypto. Avoid capital gains tax and receive a fair-market deduction.
Qualified Charitable Distribution
If you're 70½+, transfer up to $105,000/year directly from your IRA to Ruff Rough — tax-free.
Sample Bequest Language
Share this with your attorney to add Ruff Rough to your will or trust:
"I give, devise, and bequeath to Ruff Rough, a non-profit organization with offices in Texas (EIN #87-4745143), the sum of $______ [or _____ percent of my residuary estate] to be used for its general charitable purposes."
The Honey & Robert Legacy Society
Named in honor of two extraordinary survivors of the Lahaina wildfires, the Legacy Society recognizes donors who have included Ruff Rough in their estate plans.
- 🏅 Recognition in our annual report (or remain anonymous if you prefer)
- 📨 Personalized updates from our founder
- 🎟️ Invitations to private Legacy Society gatherings
- 🐾 A custom Legacy pin and certificate