Make an impact while planning for your future
We also offer the ability to create a free Revocable Living Trust
Create a Legacy
When you name our organization as a beneficiary, you’re giving renewed life to your passion for helping the animals who need us most. Legacy gifts allow you to impact the lives of vulnerable shelter animals, giving them a second chance at life.
This online resource, courtesy of FreeWill, makes it quick and easy to include a legacy gift in your plans to Austin Pets Alive!. You can write your will in 20 minutes or less at no personal cost, and include the necessary language to save animals for years to come.
If you’ve made the decision to leave a legacy gift, please include the following information in your bequest or beneficiary documents:
Our legal name: Austin Pets Alive
Our EIN (tax ID number): 74-2893360
Our current address:
1156 W. Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, Texas 78703
If you’ve already created a legacy gift to Austin Pets Alive!, please fill out this form to let us know so we can thank you for your generosity!
Ensuring Care for Your Pets After You’re Gone
Austin Pets Alive! may be able to help if you have no one you trust to care for your pets after you pass away.
Please note that this program requires a bequest agreement and that some restrictions apply. Please contact us for more information.
Everybody needs a will
Whether you’re 18 or 108, everyone should have a will in place. People use wills to choose who gets their property, name guardians for minor children, provide a plan for pets, and more.
Through a will, many people also choose to leave a part of their estate to Austin Pets Alive! and make an impact on the causes they love, for years to come.
Why give in your will?
Common gifted assets in wills and trusts
- Financial accounts
- Real estate
- Vehicles
- Brokerage accounts
- Crypto and NFTs
- Personal property
Make your will online – for free!
Austin Pets Alive! has partnered with FreeWill to offer an online estate planning tool that makes it easy and cost-free to make your plan. In as little as 20 minutes, you can help support our mission for future generations.
We also offer the ability to create a free Revocable Living Trust
Popular resources
Sample bequest language for your will or trust
This language may help you and your attorney as you consider a gift that will meet your financial and personal goals.
Sample codicil
When it’s time to update your will, you can use a codicil—an addition or supplement that explains or modifies your existing will.
Planned giving helps fuel Austin Pets Alive’s mission
A gift in your will creates a foundation for the future. Our work today is important, but it is equally, if not more important, to ensure Austin Pets Alive! can continue well into the future.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! Gifts of any size are deeply appreciated. Many people choose to leave a percentage of their estate, which scales up or down with your estate size.
Yes! Knowing in advance about your intentions is quite helpful to our staff, but you are always welcome to not share your gift.
We’ve partnered with FreeWill to help you make a will or trust at no cost to you. You can use this to complete your plans, or you may choose to use the same tools to get your affairs in order before visiting an attorney (who is likely to have a fee associated with finalizing your plans).
Yes. You are always free to revise or update your estate plans.
Yes! FreeWill will never share your personal information without your permission.
We’re here to help you meet your goals!
Our team would be happy to speak with you in confidence about your giving goals, with no obligation.
Name:
Email: donate@austinpetsalive.org
Already included us in your estate plan? Let us know
More ways to make an impact
Beneficiary designations
Gifting assets not covered by your will — like 401(k) or IRA accounts — may help your heirs avoid unwanted taxes, even if you’re below the estate tax threshold.
Popular tax-smart gifts
Many people are increasingly choosing to give non-cash assets, so they can have a bigger impact at less cost to them.