Leave a Legacy

 
 

Create a Future For Wolves

By including Mission:Wolf in your will or living trust, you can help build a kinder future for animals for decades or even centuries after your passing.

If you would like to learn more about naming Mission:Wolf as a beneficiary, you can contact us at info@missionwolf.org or reach our founder, Kent Weber, at (720) 320-7410.

If you have a specific focus for your giving, such as land conservation, sanctuary and education, or wolf care, we would love to hear your vision.

Wills

By including Mission:Wolf in your will, you can guarantee that your voice for wolves, horses, land conservation, and biodiversity will carry on.

You can give by naming Mission:Wolf as a beneficiary of the following:

  • Specified dollar amount of your estate

  • Specified percentage of your estate

  • Specified percentage of your residuary estate (i.e., the portion of your estate that remains after all other bequests have been filled and expenses paid)

You can also name Mission:Wolf as a contingent beneficiary in the event one or more of your bequests cannot be fulfilled.

  • Your attorney may wish to use the following language when making a bequest to Mission:Wolf:

    “I give, devise, and bequeath to Mission:Wolf, a nonprofit organization with federal tax identification number 74-2489879, located at 80 Sheep Creek Rd, Westcliffe, CO 81252, the sum of $________ (or describe the real or personal property or portion of the estate) to be used for its general purposes.”

    Please consult your attorney or professional advisor to ensure that your plans are in compliance with all applicable laws.

 

Living Trusts

In addition to your will, you may have established a living trust. This document creates a trust for your benefit to hold your assets during your lifetime.

A living trust allows you to update or change the terms of the trust at any time. Upon your death, the trustee will distribute the trust assets to whomever you have named beneficiaries. This distribution operates much like your will distribution. In both cases, your estate may receive a charitable deduction for the amount of the charitable gifts.

You can give to Mission:Wolf by leaving a trust distribution of the following:

  • Specified dollar amount of your trust property

  • Specified percentage of your trust property

  • Specified percentage of the remainder of your trust (i.e., the portion of your trust that remains after all other distributions have been made and expenses paid)

  • “My trustee shall distribute to Mission:Wolf, a nonprofit organization with federal tax identification number 74-2489879, located at 80 Sheep Creek Rd, Westcliffe, CO 81252, the sum of $________ (or describe the real or personal property or portion of the estate) to be used for its general purposes.”

    Please consult your attorney or professional advisor to ensure that your plans are in compliance with all applicable laws.

 

Charitable Trusts

Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust

You can irrevocably transfer cash, securities, or other property to a trust for eventual distribution to Mission:Wolf.

  • By establishing a charitable trust, you pay no capital gains tax and receive an income tax deduction. The trust pays a fixed amount each year to you or any beneficiaries you name. When the trust terminates, Mission:Wolf receives the remaining principal. Additionally, the assets placed into the trust are removed from your estate, reducing estate taxes.

Charitable Lead Trusts

You as a donor can establish an irrevocable trust by placing appreciated securities or other appreciating assets into the trust. The trust then provides annual payments to Mission:Wolf for a specified period. Upon termination of the trust, the remaining assets are distributed to you, your family members, or other beneficiaries.

  • There are many ways to establish a charitable lead trust, and the income and estate tax consequences and benefits vary depending on factors such as type of trust, term of trust, and amount distributed to charity.

    Your legal and tax advisers should thoroughly review these options to determine the best planned giving method for you and ensure that your plans are in compliance with all applicable laws.