Ways to Make a Gift – A Guide for Donors

The Olympic Peninsula Humane Society is a nonprofit animal welfare and protection agency. Being a private, nonprofit organization, we are supported primarily through private donations and we receive payment from City and County governments for contracts to provide shelter for homeless, stray and displaced animals.  Approximately 73 to 75% of all our operating costs are funded by concerned individuals, with contracted service revenue making up the other 25 to 27%.  Your donations and gifts are critically important and enable us to continue our mission.

We are successful in our efforts each year to save lives and ensure the future of thousands of pets in need, but this work requires a major financial commitment. Charitable donations are of great importance when it comes to funding our operating needs.

Funds must come from charitable support from people like you who truly care about animals. Please make your donation by completing the requested information below.

 Please complete the form below to make your gift right now, or mail your gift to: 2105 West Highway 101
Port Angeles, WA 98363

1. If your donation is in memory of a special pet or person, or made in honor of a birthday, anniversary or other special event, please use the Tribute Gift form.)
   
2. Cash – You may make an outright donation of cash and qualify for a tax deduction of up to 50% of your adjusted gross income (excess deductions can be carried over for up to five years after the year of the gift) please check with your tax advisor as rules change often. Click here to donate online!
   
3. Appreciated stock or mutual fund shares – Charitable gifts of stock provide you with a tax deduction of the full market value (for shares held more than one year), and capital gains taxes on the appreciated asset are avoided.  For gifts of appreciated securities, you may qualify for a charitable deduction of 30% of your adjusted gross income. Please check with your tax advisor as rules change often.
   
4. Gifts “in memory of” or “in honor of”– You can make a gift in memory or in honor of a friend, loved one, or beloved pet.  The Olympic Peninsula Humane Society will inform the individual you designate about your gift and how it will benefit the thousands of homeless animals who need our care. Click here to make a gift in memory or in honor of a friend, loved one, or beloved pet!
   
5. Bequest in a will or living trust - To provide for the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society through your will, living trust or charitable remainder trust, you will need the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society’s tax identification number, legal name and mailing address.  Please call (360) 457-8206 or e-mail mailto:info@cchumane.com to obtain this information.
   
6. Life Insurance Policy – You may name the 
   Humane Society as beneficiary of a 
   policy you no longer need, or you may create a new policy.
   
7.  Retirement accounts or U.S. savings bonds – By
    naming the Humane Society as the
    beneficiary of your IRA or savings bonds, income
     taxes are avoided and the value of the gift qualifies as an estate tax deduction. Please check with your tax advisor as rules change often.
   
8. Charitable remainder trusts – Charitable remainder trusts provide a means to receive an immediate income tax deduction, income for life, and a meaningful gift to charity at death or at the end of the term of the trust.
   
   
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   (360) 457-8206 or e-mail mailto:info@cchumane.com to obtain more information about any of the above ways to give.