A GIFT OF A LIFETIME
Make a Lasting Contribution to ADW
Planning giving is much more than a financial aspiration—it represents a chance to make an enduring impact on the world and pass along the values that have guided your life. Like us, you most likely believe in the core value of respect for the singular bond between humans and dogs and their unique ability to work as a team. Qualities of kindness, gentleness, and respect in training dogs to assist humans define everything we do. This compassionate training approach facilitates the deepest possible bond between humans and animals and makes ADW’s programs models for best practices in social-relationship interactions.
By leaving a gift in your will to ADW, you will help bring dogs and people together in partnerships that are life-changing, allowing us to continue to provide vital services to individuals and communities in need for generations to come.
Gifts for the Future
A bequest or beneficiary designation to ADW gives you flexibility now while also providing impact in the future. When you make a gift to ADW in your will or trust, or designate ADW as a beneficiary, partial beneficiary or contingent beneficiary of any account, such as a retirement account, life insurance policy, or brokerage account, you enjoy the following benefits:
Retain control of your assets during your lifetime
Provide for loved ones and ADW
Leave a gift of any size
May reduce tax burdens for your heirs (beneficiary designations of retirement accounts)
Can modify your gift if circumstances change
Please share this sample language with your attorney or advisor:
Assistance Dogs of the West, a nonprofit corporation, organized and existing under the laws of New Mexico, and with principal business address of 1590 San Mateo Lane, Santa Fe, NM 87505.
If a beneficiary form requires a social security number and date of birth, please using the following:
Tax ID: 85-0431646
Date of Incorporation: 1995
Gifts That Make a Difference Today
IRA Rollover or Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD): If you are 70½ or older, you can make a tax-free distribution from your retirement account to ADW. Here is how you benefit:
Satisfy your required minimum distribution
Avoid paying income tax on the distribution
Receive tax benefits even if you don’t itemize your deductions
Help reduce highly taxed assets
If you choose to include ADW in your estate plans, please let us know so that we can say “thank you.” Informing us of your intentions does not create any obligation on your part. Please call 505-986-9748 or email us at info@assistancedogsofthewest.org.