Including People Helping Horses in your will
This is the most basic way of giving to People Helping Horses after you die. Direct in your will that your entire interest in certain money or property be transferred to a designated trust or non-profit corporation. In doing so your estate will usually be eligible for a charitable deduction for the full fair-market value of the gift.
An outright gift can take several different legal forms. These include:
A General Bequest
You simply leave a specified dollar amount in your will to a designated trust or non-profit corporation.
A Specific Bequest
In such a bequest you designate certain specific property that you want a particular trust or non-profit corporation to receive under your will.
A Residuary Bequest
This type of bequest is used to give all or a percentage of one's property after all debts, taxes, expenses, and all other bequests have been paid. This type of bequest can be used instead of or in addition to a general or specific bequest if the size of the state will allow it. That is, such a residuary bequest ensures that all other beneficiaries receive their bequest from the estate prior to distribution of anything to the trust or non-profit corporation.
A Contingent Bequest
A contingent bequest provides for the situation when a beneficiary dies before you do or decides they do not want to receive the bequest in your will. To allow for such an occurrence, you can name a trust or non-profit corporation as the contingent beneficiary. This will ensure that the property will pass to the trust or non-profit corporation in one of these situations instead of unintended beneficiaries.
Employer Matching programs
Many large and small corporations across the United States have corporate matching programs that will match dollar-for-dollar any contributions you make to People Helping Horses. Ask your employer’s HR representative for information on their matching program.