Become a Forever Friend with Best Friends
The gifts of generous donors like you give homeless pets love and safety long into the future.
We call donors who give through their estate plan our Forever Friends. Forward-thinking, animal-loving people just like you, Forever Friends know they can make a difference for the animals for years to come by leaving a gift to support lifesaving efforts.
Perks for our Forever Friends
Leaving a gift to the animals comes with a host of special gifts as our way of saying thanks.
Turn your savings into lifesaving
Explore the ways you can make a gift that will help save animals for years to come, making you a Forever Friend.
Will or trust
Making a gift through your will or revocable living trust is a simple and flexible way to save the lives of homeless pets for years to come.
Retirement assets
You can allocate any of your unused retirement assets as a gift to our lifesaving efforts, helping to save the lives of cats and dogs.
Life insurance
You can name Best Friends as a primary life insurance beneficiary or as a contingent beneficiary should your other beneficiaries not survive you.
Charitable gift annuity
You can create both a brighter future for homeless pets and receive lifetime income at the same time.
Give today
Your donation will be put to immediate use while entitling you to a charitable income tax deduction for the full value of your gift.
IRA rollover
Make a gift to the animals by rolling over your IRA, and the distribution won't count as taxable income.
Stock gifts
A donation of stock is a great way to support the lifesaving of Best Friends; plus, you’ll receive a significant tax break from the IRS.