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Host a cat food drive to support our cat food bank.
This makes a great community service project for students, offices, or troops.
Details are on our Cat Food Bank page, click here:
Planned gifts often offer financial and tax benefits to the donor and are among the most effective ways to ensure that CAT can continue to save the lives of our community’s homeless and injured cats and kittens each year.
Review the following seven ways to reduce your taxes by making a gift to Cat Adoption Team, and then talk to your tax adviser about financial and estate planning options that will ensure your family’s goals are being met.
The most common types of planned gifts are:
1. Bequests: Through your Will or Living Trust, you can donate to CAT a fixed amount or a percentage of your estate. Recommended language to use in your will: “I give, devise, and bequeath the sum of $_____ to the Cat Adoption Team, a charitable organization located in Sherwood, Oregon (EIN#20-0773189).”
In addition, through our “Loving Legacy” Program, CAT offers the security of a safe place and the knowledge that your cat will be cared for in a loving environment while awaiting adoption into a carefully selected, caring lifetime home, should your cat outlive you.
2. The Pension Protection Act of 2006: If you are 70-and-one-half years or older, you can make an outright gift to CAT by transferring funds directly from your individual retirement account (IRA) without paying federal income taxes on the distribution. The gift must be made by the end of the year and will count towards your minimum required distribution. Please consult your tax adviser for current donation limits.
3. Charitable Gift Annuities: A Cat Adoption Team charitable gift annuity will provide an immediate or deferred fixed-income stream for one or two people. This is an excellent way to increase retirement income or help support aging parents. Payout rates are based on age, and a portion of your payment will be tax-free. You will also receive a charitable income tax deduction in the year of the gift.
4. Appreciated Assets: Donate stocks, bonds, or real estate to fund a planned gift and avoid substantial capital gains taxes on these assets. If you donate appreciated securities that you have owned for more than one year, you get a deduction for the full market value of the securities, even when it is greater than the amount you paid. You don’t have to declare the difference or the profit as income, a double benefit.
5. Paid-Up Life Insurance Policies: When your family responsibilities decrease and your policies are no longer critical to your family’s well-being, use them to support CAT’s work.
6. Retirement Plans: Tax-deferred IRA and 401K plans may be extremely vulnerable to high income and estate taxes. Naming the Cat Adoption Team as a beneficiary will reduce these taxes and allow you to leave other assets to heirs.
7. Trusts: A charitable lead trust will generate funding for CAT until the time comes to transfer the remainder of the fund to your heirs. In the meantime, taxes can be minimized. A charitable remainder trust will provide lifetime income to you or your heirs, along with some tax benefits. When the income payout period ends, the remainder of the trust flows to the Cat Adoption Team.
Please consult with your independent financial, tax, or legal adviser for specific help with your particular situation, as CAT does not provide financial, tax, or legal advice.
For more information about these types of gifts or other giving opportunities, please contact CAT’s Communication & Development Manager at (503) 925 8903, ext 257, or {encode=“development@catadoptionteam.org” title=“email”}, or speak directly with your tax adviser.
The Cat Adoption Team is a 501(c)(3) publicly supported charity. Donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Cat Adoption Team’s Tax ID# is 20-0773189.
At CAT, we promote the human-animal bond and make lifetime commitments to our pets. Responsible cat owners like you plan for the future to ensure their cat’s well-being.
CAT’s Loving Legacy Program gives you peace of mind by offering a safe, caring place for your cat in the event he or she outlives you.
For cats enrolled in the program, CAT provides all necessary veterinary care at our Sherwood shelter before facilitating adoption into lifetime, carefully selected homes. By enrolling your cat in the Loving Legacy Program, you provide a secure, safe future for your beloved companion.
Enrolling your cat in the “Loving Legacy” Program
Questions? Please contact CAT’s Communication & Development Manager at (503) 925 8903, ext. 257, or {encode=“development@catadoptionteam.org” title=“email”}.
In an effort to help CAT save resources, you will not receive an additional written receipt for your online donation. Please be sure to print out your receipt for your records.
CAT will not sell, share, or rent donor information.
Sponsor a cat cage or free-roam room at the shelter. Your sponsorship provides necessary medical care, foster care supplies, and shelter and adoption services to cats and kittens while they await their new homes. All sponsors receive the CAT newsletter twice per year.
Kitty Sponsor ($25 or more) Help vaccinate and spay a female cat so she stops producing unwanted litters
Calico Sponsor ($50 or more) Give a litter of kittens a healthy start in life with vaccinations and treatment for parasites
Tabby Sponsor* ($100 or more) Sponsor a cat cage for six months and provide for the care of a healthy cat until he is adopted
Tiger Cat Sponsor* ($250 or more) Sponsor a cat cage for one year and help stock CAT’s onsite feline hospital with medical supplies
Cool Cat Sponsor* ($500 or more) Sponsor a free-roam room for one year and provide medical care and supplies for our special needs cats
Top Cat Sponsor* ($1,000 or more) Sponsor our upstairs lobby or feline hospital for one year and cover the cost of 50 spay/neuter surgeries
*These levels qualify for a commemorative plaque.
Become a sponsor now by downloading our Sponsorship Program Form (pdf) and mailing it to: Cat Adoption Team, Attn: Development, 14175 SW Galbreath Drive, Sherwood, OR 97140
The Cat Adoption Team is a 501(c)(3) publicly supported charity. Donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Cat Adoption Team’s Tax ID# is 20-0773189.
A gift in honor of or in memory of a friend, family member, or beloved pet is a thoughtful way to pay tribute to his/her life and make a difference for the cats in our care.
To make a donation to CAT in honor of a friend, relative, or pet, please send your donation to: Cat Adoption Team, Attn: Tribute/Memorial Gift, 14175 SW Galbreath Drive, Sherwood, OR 97140.
Make your gift securely online. Just fill out the name of the person/pet you wish to honor and provide the recipient’s address.
CAT will send a letter recognizing your gift to the person of your choice. Please include the name and address of the person to whom you would like to pay tribute and any specialized message.
Please note: When you make a tribute donation, the amount of your gift is shown only on your acknowledgment. The person you designate will receive a separate, specialized letter.
Cat Cage Sponsorship: Our cat cage sponsorship program allows for memorial and tribute plaques on cages and rooms.
The Cat Adoption Team is a 501(c)(3) publicly supported charity. Donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Cat Adoption Team’s Tax ID# is 20-0773189.
Thank you for choosing to support the Cat Adoption Team’s spay/neuter fund.
You are helping CAT provide struggling cat owners with subsidized spay/neuter services for their pet cats.
Your donation will underwrite the cost of a spay/neuter surgery enabling CAT’s high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter clinic continue to offer $10 feline fixes.
CAT needs to raise $10,000 to continue this vital community program.
Your donation of $25 will cover the cost of neutering a male cat; $40 covers the cost to spay a female cat.
With your help, CAT will continue to help cats land on their feet and in loving homes
Become a CAT Meow Team member when you sign up to become a monthly donor!
Give a little each month to provide a dependable stream of income to support CAT’s spay/neuter efforts, feed our shelter cats, support our adoption program, or vaccinate a litter of kittens.
Meow Team contributions are charged to your credit or debit card on the 15th of the month or next business day. You can set up your monthly donation online; just check that you want to be a Meow Team member on the online donation form.
Click here for the online donation form.
CAT will not sell, share, or rent donor information.
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