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Your donations do make a difference….join us in supporting the Lewis Clark Animal Shelter today!

Thank you for your generosity and foresight of coompassionate friends like you, Lewis Clark Animal Shelter can continue to be a safe haven for animals in need throughout the LC Valley and surrounding community.

Ways to make a difference

Donations can be made through the LCAS Paypal Link - 

Email - giving@lcshelter.org   

Lewis Clark Animal Shelter  EIN 82-0207503

Transform Lives with Your Thoughtful Planning

That’s a simple way of explaining just how important your gift is to us at the Lewis Clark Animal Shelter. Your donation helps us save and improve the lives of thousands of animals who need help.

We are successful in our efforts each year to save lives and ensure the future of thousands of pets in need, but this work requires a major financial commitment. Charitable donations are of great importance when it comes to funding our operating needs and major projects. Our current major project, Building for the Paws is a crucial need for our shelter. We would love to share more information of ways you can help us with this project for our future new shelter building!

Leaving a Legacy

Legacy giving, also known as planned giving, is a powerful way to ensure your dedication to animal welfare continues long into the future. By arranging your charitable donation now, which will be allocated at a future date, you make a significant, lasting impact. This type of giving often involves financial or estate planning and can include bequests, trusts, and annuities. It allows you to thoughtfully align your contributions with your financial and philanthropic goals, leaving a meaningful legacy.

Contributions made through legacy giving provide a stable and ongoing source of funding for Lewis Clark Animal Shelter. Unlike annual donations, legacy gifts offer long-term financial security that helps us weather economic uncertainties. These gifts allow us to plan for the future with confidence, maintaining and expanding our programs, facilities, and outreach efforts. Your legacy gift ensures we can continue to offer top-notch care and support to the animals who need it most.

Legacy gifts are crucial for the long-term sustainability of our shelter. They bridge the gap between current funding and future needs, allowing us to plan ahead and invest in essential resources. With your support, we can rescue more animals, provide medical care and rehabilitation, and find loving homes for them. Legacy gifts enable us to launch new initiatives, improve facilities, and enhance our ability to respond to emergencies. By including the Lewis Clark Animal Shelter in your legacy plans, you ensure that your passion for animal welfare makes a difference for years to come. Your legacy gift is a testament to your enduring commitment to helping animals throughout the LC Valley.

• Bequests – A bequest in your will or living trust is an uncomplicated way to help protect animals
• Estate Planning – Carry on your compassion for animals
• Matching Gifts – Double (or triple) your contribution, many businesses/companies are willing to match your donations, just ask!
• Stocks, Bonds, & Securities – LCAS welcomes gifts of securities
• Providing for Your Pets – Plan for their welfare

If you are interested in setting up any of these options to support the shelter but needs some guidance, please give us a call! 208.746.1623 or email us at giving@lcshelter.org.      Lewis Clark Animal Shelter  EIN 82-0207503

Insurance Gifts 

Many people may not think about insurance policies as a method of giving, but the fact is these instruments are a terrific way to support charitable initiatives, including The LCAS’s broad array of animal protection programs.

There are three ways to support a charity through insurance-related gifts—and leave a humane legacy.                                                                         

1. You can take a life insurance policy out on yourself that is owned by The LCAS. You make a gift to The LCAS equal to or greater than the yearly premium and we reinvest your gift by purchasing the insurance. Because your gift is to The LCAS, you can take a tax deduction. Proceeds after death will come directly to us.
2. You can name our organization as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy or annuity for death proceeds. You can set up the policy so that 100% of the benefit comes to The LCAS, or divide the benefit so that The LCAS will be one of two or more people or charities benefiting from your thoughtfulness. This method of giving is completely flexible—you’re free to change beneficiaries at any time, as often as you like. You own the policy and make payments directly to the insurance company. The primary tax benefit of this method is that proceeds that come to The LCAS will not be subject to an estate tax.
3. You can also transfer ownership of an existing policy to The LCAS. Ideal for this sort of gift is a life insurance policy that contains a benefit you no longer want or need. We would continue paying any ongoing premiums necessary to fund the policy or—as an alternative—surrender the policy for its cash value. You receive an income tax deduction for the gift of the policy up to the cash basis, or what you paid for it. Advantages of this method also include creating a legacy out of a life policy with an unneeded benefit and removing proceeds from the taxable estate.