Leave a legacy of compassion
By including the Oswego County Humane Society in your estate plans or by making a legacy gift, you help ensure that animals and the people who love them will always have somewhere to turn when they need help.
To guarantee the Oswego County Humane Society receives your gift or bequest, please be sure to use our legal name and address in all planned gift paperwork:
The Oswego County Humane Society, Inc.
171 Mitchell Street
Oswego, New York 13126
Tax ID: 16-1586001
Why Consider a Legacy Gift?
- You’ll have a more significant impact on our work. Your legacy gift can help us to provide care and comfort for a greater number of animals and people.
- You’ll inspire others to give. In leading by example, you’ll influence your family, friends and colleagues to do the same.
- It’s simple to do. Just name the Oswego County Humane Society in your will, or other planned giving vehicle, and we will reap the rewards of your generosity. Click here to learn more.
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Legacy Gift Options
Legacy gifts can be received either through a bequest in a will, or by signing a beneficiary form.
Specific Bequest
You can designate a specific dollar amount, specific percentage, or specific property to the Oswego County Humane Society. These funds can be unrestricted for operating purposes or restricted to a particular program.
Residual Bequest
Your estate will pay all debts, taxes, expenses, and specific bequests. The remaining amount – the residual estate – will be transferred to the Oswego County Humane Society.
Contingent Bequest
You can ask that the Oswego County Humane Society receive all or a portion of your estate only under certain circumstances. For example, you can name the Oswego County Humane Society as a beneficiary of your estate only if there are no surviving close family members. Childless couples sometimes provide for the entire estate to the surviving spouse, or if the spouse does not survive, to the Oswego County Humane Society.
All types of bequests can benefit your favorite Oswego County Humane Society program. Or you may choose to provide an undesignated gift. Such gifts will be directed to the Oswego County Humane Society’s area of greatest need.
Beneficiary Designations
Beneficiary designations are simple to do and do not require a will to accomplish. Ask your plan administrator (bank, insurance company, etc.) for the appropriate form to sign.
Beneficiary disignations include:
Life Insurance Policies
Retirement Benefits
Traditional IRA
Simple IRA and Roth account
Sample Language for a Bequest in a Will
“I, [name], of [city, state, ZIP], give, devise and bequeath to the Oswego County Humane Society, Inc. [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its unrestricted use and purpose.”
