SUPPORT WILDLIFE CARE ASSOCIATION AND WILDLIFE WITH A LEGACY GIFT
When you include the Wildlife Care Association (WCA) in your estate plan, your generosity ensures that wildlife in the Sacramento region and beyond receive safe rescue, healthy food, quality medical care, rehabilitation, and release back to the wild where they belong.
A planned gift is a lasting investment in WCA, advancing our mission and ensuring our ability to provide our region’s wildlife with lifesaving, compassionate care as we have done for more than 50 years.
LEAVE A PLANNED GIFT TO WILDLIFE CARE ASSOCIATION
Unrestricted gifts through your will to the Wildlife Care Association give our organization the greatest flexibility to use funds where they are most needed.
You may leave Wildlife Care Association:
- A stated dollar amount
- A percentage of your residual estate (what remains after gifts to loved ones and expenses have been paid), or
- Specific liquid assets, such as securities
HOW TO NAME WILDLIFE CARE ASSOCIATION IN YOUR WILL
Basic information you will need:
- Legal name: Wildlife Care Association
- Physical Address: 5211 Patrol Road, McClellan (Sacramento), CA 95652
- Mailing Address: P.O. Box 680, North Highlands, CA 95660
- Federal tax ID#: 94-2528504
This sample language may be useful:
“I give and bequeath to Wildlife Care Association, 5211 Patrol Road, McClellan (Sacramento), CA 95652 [the sum of __________ Dollars ($____)] [ _______ % of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate], to be used for its general charitable purposes.”
Notifying WCA of Your Gift
We hope you’ll let us know when you have named Wildlife Care Association in your will or trust so that we can thank you.
Please use the Bequest Information Form at the bottom of this page to notify us of your intention.
NAME WCA AS A BENEFICIARY of your retirement account and/or life insurance policy
Naming the Wildlife Care Association as a beneficiary on your retirement account or life insurance policy is a simple and powerful way to support the lifesaving work of our organization without changing your will or living trust. Beneficiary designation gifts pass directly to WCA without going through the probate process and go right to work to help us provide life-saving care for wildlife.
Retirement Accounts
Many of our donors name WCA as a beneficiary of all or a specified percentage of their IRA, 401(k), 403(b), or other retirement plan.
Individuals who inherit retirement plan assets are usually required to pay income tax on them, so they’re often considered among the best assets to leave to charity.
How to name WCA as a beneficiary on your retirement accounts and/or insurance policy
Ask your retirement plan administrator or financial institution for a change of beneficiary form. Please list us as:
- Legal name: Wildlife Care Association
- Physical Address: 5211 Patrol Road, McClellan (Sacramento), CA 95652
- Mailing Address: P.O. Box 680, North Highlands, CA 95660
- Federal tax ID#: 94-2528504
