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The Humane Educational Society is a 501(C)(3) organization and all donations made are tax deductible! Regardless of budget, there is so much to be done for the animals at our shelter. We are able to achieve a quality shelter with the help of our community and its donations to provide more benefits to our animals. Please consider giving a gift of love that is so important in the lives or our pets.
HES has arranged several ways in which donations may be made. There are many options available.
If you have any questions regarding donations, please feel free to contact us for more information!
Give a Monthly Donation Donating to the Humane Educational Society each month is simple. The Humane Educational Society will charge your credit card for your pre-selected amount each month. All you have to do is fill in the monthly donor form online, along with the credit card information. At the end of the year, the donor will receive an acknowledgement of the gift for tax deduction purposes. Special Needs Fund The Humane Educational Society sees many animals enter our shelter who are in need of medical intervention to recover from abuse and/or neglect. Find out more about how you can help here. BUILD-A-BED HES would like an elevated bed for every dog and cat to snuggle up on. On MLK Day of Service 2012, HES Volunteers are answering Dr. King's challenge to do something for others. They will be building dog beds for our 4-legged friends at the shelter. These beds provide great support while keeping the dogs warm and dry and off the hard concrete floor! Additionally, they are durable and waterproof making them easy to clean and perfect for the shelter environment! Every dog and cat deserves a comfortable bed to sleep on while waiting for their forever home. But, we need your help to buy all of the parts. Just $15 pays for the parts for 1 bed! Please donate so all of our furry friends can sleep well!
Spay It Away Please consider volunteering for this all important push for the animals to spread the word about free spay/neuter. Read more...
Paws for the Cause Keller Williams, Downtown is sponsoring and managing the fund-raiser as part of their KW Cares program. KW Realtors want to help every homeless pet find a forever home, so they are throwing a grand party and silent auction to benefit the Humane Educational Society and their Getting to Zero™ campaign to end animal overpopulation in Chattanooga and Hamilton County! Read more...
Getting to Zero™ Regardless of budget, there is so much to be done to make all of Hamilton County a "No Kill Zone" for unwanted pets who are trainable, adoptable and treatable (TAT). Please consider giving a gift of love that is so important in the lives of our pets. Read more...
Going Cageless "Going Cageless", administered by the Humane Educational Society, provides funding to get rid of wire cages for over 600 unwanted and abused pets housed daily at the shelter. Read more...
What's for Lunch? For years the Humane Educational Society received donated dog and cat food from the M & M Mars plant in Cleveland. Unfortunately the local plant was shut down. Since then we have had to purchase food to feed the animals at our shelter. We enrolled HES in a shelter feeding program to get the best prices available for quality food for our animals. Each week, we order 43 bags and 10 cases of canned food for our animals at a cost of almost $1,000 each week or $52,000 annually. Read more
Feed the Animals™ This is a program through the Humane Educational Society that assists the people and their pets in our community. The program was created by HES Animal Protection Services Manager David Hutton to help residents down on their luck and keep more pets from being surrendered into shelters. The economy and the significant increase in foreclosures have made it even harder for people to care for their animals. Read more
Tree of Hope™ Sponsor a Humane Educational Society animal during the holiday and give a special dog or cat a 2nd chance at the life they deserve. For a donation of $100, you can sponsor a cat or a dog adoption. The Tree of Hope™ at HES is decorated with stuffed animals, and each one has a name plate where the name of the individual or group that makes a $100 donation can be displayed. Smaller donations will be combined so that everyone that donates will be listed on the tree. Read more
Luther's Fund Luther's Fund, administered by the Humane Educational Society, provides funding for emergency medical services for seriously injured or sick animals whose owners cannot afford treatment.
Enrichment Fund We at the shelter love the Kong because it is also a great interactive enrichment toy for our shelter dogs. The center is hollow, making a greatplace to put food and treats for our dogs to work on getting out. We insert biscuits, kibble, peanut butter, bananas, cream cheese and much more! Once stuffed, we toss them in the freezer! Freezing them makes the dogs have their work cut out for them and keeps them busy for a long time!
Memorial Donations If you wish to make a donation in memory of a deceased family member, pet, or friend, the Humane Educational Society will send an acknowledgment card notifying them of your thoughtful donation. You may add a personalized message to the card.
Honor Donations If you wish to make a donation honoring a special person, the Humane Educational Society will send a letter to the honoree acknowledging the thoughtful donation. If you wish, you may add a personalized message to the letter.
Gifts of Securities Benefits of giving include: • a charitable income tax deduction for the fair market value of the gifted securities, as of the date of gift. • Elimination of capital gains tax that would ordinarily become due after the sale of the appreciated securities on the open market. • Charitable deductions can be claimed against up to 30% of the adjusted gross income, and any unused deductions can be carried forward over the next five years. • Achievement of a long-term financial objective to reduce income and estate taxes. Consultation with a financial advisor before initiating a charitable gift arrangement is highly recommended. Bequests by Will Please consider a bequest to the Humane Educational Society when preparing your will. Life Insurance Gifts A gift of one of your life insurance policies to the Humane Educational Society can result in an income tax deduction at the time of your gift. If you continue to pay the premiums on the policy, those may also be deducted as a charitable contribution. The Annuity Trust The Annuity Trust allows you to transfer cash, securities, or other property into an irrevocable trust with a fixed dollar amount of your gift paid to you as long as you live. If you prefer, you can also direct that the same fixed income be paid to any of your surviving beneficiaries for as long as they live, and then the remaining principal would be used by the Humane Educational Society. The Unitrust Similar to the Annuity Trust, the Unitrust instead provides a fixed percentage of the trust's fair market value be paid to you and your heirs, as opposed to a fixed dollar return, as is the case in the Annuity Trust. The Pooled Income Fund This is a variation of the basic trust concept, in which your investment is "pooled" with those of many other individuals into one large investment fund. The income earned by the Pooled Fund is distributed to your beneficiaries proportionately to your original investment. Retained Life Estates You may wish to make a bequest of your home to the Humane Educational Society…but if you make such a gift while you are still living, you can receive income tax savings as a result of your contribution. Under this plan, you continue to live in your home, and if you prefer, make provision for your beneficiaries to live there also. The Humane Educational Society becomes the owner only after your demise (and the demise of any beneficiaries you may specify) and your home does not pass through probate. The Revocable Trust This type of trust allows you to change your gift at some future point in time. You own the trust until your demise, you can receive an income for life, and the funds remaining in the trust at your demise will be considered a charitable contribution for estate tax purposes. By including the Humane Educational Society in your charitable giving you have made a decision to take an active role in significantly saving animal lives. A gift of appreciated securities held for more than one year may bring about significant benefits to you as a contributor to the Humane Educational Society. Transportation Donations Your old car, truck, boat, trailer, golf cart, or motor home can help feed, shelter, or rescue more than 14,000 animals we receive each year at the shelter. Make room in your garage and realize a great deduction at tax time. |
