Match Donations - check your employer guidelines for their charitable match policies. Most will match a donation made by an employee or his/her immediate family dollar for dollar.
Volunteer - Volunteering helps reduce costs for the organization in labor expenses. Pick your expertise to help out or just general labor. Come alone or set up a group day for people from your job, church or club. Many employers will pay you for your time or match your volunteer hours with a monetary gift to the organization you choose.
Some larger corporations will allow you to choose to have a portion of your pay donated to your chosen organization.
Or choose your favorite charity to be the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, 401K, stocks, securities or have a trust or annuity set up.
Looking for a tax write-off? Donate or bequeath* real estate to our rescue. Our future plans include opening farms in the southwest, midwest and on the west coast. A bequest or donation of land or a farm could be beneficial to your estate and tax liabilities. Talk to your financial planner.
*Estate planning is the written instructions on what will happen to your personal effects after you are gone. Making sure your family and animals are cared for is your primary concern but consider leaving something to your favorite charity.
A Planned Gift to the Arabian Rescue Mission can help ensure its future success and help for horses when it is needed and incurs benefits to both the giver and his/her heirs.
Benefits to Planned Giving:
Reduced donor income tax
Avoidance of capital gains tax
Passing of assets to family members at a reduced tax rate
The ability to make a donation of importance to a cause you are passionate about.
Ask your financial advisor how Planned Giving can help you and us. There are many ways to help, including bequests, endowments and trusts and can be a financial gift or one in-kind, such as land, vehicles or equipment. You can even donate your farm or residence and retain the right to live in it for a time or in perpetuity.
