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Restricted Shelter Fund
Farm
Sanctuary established the Restricted Shelter Fund in 1996 to provide for
the safety and well-being of the sanctuary animals. Operated as an endowment
for our shelters, the Fund is generating annual income and secure funding
for our farm animal friends every year, and for years to come.
Bequests
to the Restricted Shelter Fund offer members a way to provide for the
care of rescued farm animals as far as 100 years from now. You can even
continue your giving at the same level annually as you do today.
Here’s
how: Add up your contributions for one year and multiply by 20. Then,
make a planned gift (through your will, life insurance policy or other
method) for this amount and designate it for our Restricted Shelter Fund.
This endowment will provide an annual gift to Farm Sanctuary at approximately
the same dollar value you are currently giving. Long after you are gone
— even 100 years from now — Farm Sanctuary will remember your
compassion and generosity every time we receive your annual contribution.
Our financial
managers invest the principal of the gift, withdraw the income annually
(the interest generated from the fund) and, because the principal is kept
intact, the funds never dry up. Your commitment extends far into the future,
helping hundreds more needy farm animals.
Here’s
an example of how this works: Mary gives Farm Sanctuary $300 each year.
She may give it in smaller chunks or as one annual gift. She knows that
so many animals count on her giving, and is concerned about who will support
their care when she is no longer here. She learns that she can bequeath
$6,000 to Farm Sanctuary’s Restricted Shelter Fund, and the initial
income in the first year will be $300 (assuming a five percent return).
Income will
grow as the Restricted Shelter Fund appreciates over time. She is pleased
because she knows that money from the Fund will be used to defend and
protect farm animals each year, just as though she were sending a check
to Farm Sanctuary herself.
A thoughtful,
special gift like this creates a lasting legacy of caring that will continue
to aid farm animals for years to come.
Your Bequest
at Work
Your bequest
to the Restricted Shelter Fund can help assure that Farm Sanctuary has
the resources needed to help animals like Mary Claire, rescued from slaughter
when she was being sold as a Thanksgiving promotion at a salvage yard
in Southern California. She and 95 other sweet turkeys are now living
happily at our California Shelter.
The guaranteed
shelter funding provided by the Restricted Shelter Fund helps Farm Sanctuary
to respond to emergency rescue cases and provide a “happy ending”
for so many needy animals.
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