W.orking A.nimals G.iving S.ervice 4 Kids
"Growing Possibilities,
One Child at a Time"
Memorials and Dedications
Your donation in memory or in honor of a loved one ensures that your loved one’s legacy goes on to empower children with special needs and their families physically, mentally, emotionally and more through the partnership of a custom trained mobility service or autism service dog. Because every child deserves a friend for life.
Naming Opportunities
Interested in naming a future W.A.G.S. service dog to honor a special occasion or a loved one? A donation of $5,000 or more will name a dog, provides in-home transition training for a child & their service dog, and change a child's life.
Leave A Legacy of Inclusion and Compassion
PLANNED GIVING OPPORTUNITIES
Planned giving is a way in which you can give to W.A.G.S. 4 Kids by including us in your overall estate or financial plan. Doing so could also provide you with immediate or future tax benefits. Planned giving opportunities include will bequests, charitable remainder trusts, a charitable lead trust, and/or a beneficiary designation of a life insurance policy. We recommend that you consult your tax advisor, financial advisor, or your attorney to determine which strategy is best suited for your individual situation.
Working Animals Giving Service for Kids is unlike any other service dog training organization.
Your bequests and life income gifts help W.A.G.S. 4 Kids empower the youth with disabilities of Northeast & Central Ohio through the partnership of a mobility service or autism spectrum service dog trained by the inmates of Grafton & Mansfield Correctional Institutions who learn all the lessons of a way to live better.
Because of your charitable giving:
- No need for parents to uproot their family, spend thousands of dollars traveling thousands of miles to a training facility to receive a service dog. We start in the home and we never leave. Your family is our family—because all a family should worry about is helping their child.
- Children with special needs and their families are empowered physically, mentally, emotionally and more through the partnership of a custom trained mobility service or autism service dog. Because every child deserves a friend for life.
- ODRC Apprentices are certified as Service Dog Trainers, provided training, education, and technical assistance as part of the ODRC’s Offender Workforce Development. The workshop is designed to enhance the employability of individuals with a criminal history.
- 100% of W.A.G.S. 4 Kids funding comes from individual contributors and local partnerships , so W.A.G.S. 4 Kids has the freedom to focus on what matters most— empowering children with special needs regardless of their financial situation.
Find the Right Gift
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Gifts That Pay You Income
Charitable Gift Annuity
Enjoy a Lifetime of Payments While Supporting Us
When you set up a CGA with us, we make fixed annual payments to you, or someone you name, for life. Payments are based on your age on the date of the gift.
After your lifetime, the remaining balance of your gift supports our mission. Some advantages to a CGA include:
- A partial charitable deduction, when you itemize
- Payments for life (starting now or deferred)
- Capital gains income reportable over your life expectancy
Charitable Remainder Trust
Eliminate Potential Taxes and Enjoy Reliable Payments
With a CRT, you can receive income each year for the rest of your life from assets—cash, stock or real estate—you give to the trust. Your income can be either variable or a fixed amount.
After your lifetime, the remaining balance of your gift supports our mission. Some advantages to a CRT include:
- A partial charitable deduction, when you itemize
- Up-front capital gains tax relief
- Professional management of assets available
- Future estate tax relief
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Gifts You Make Today
Outright Gift
Make an Immediate Difference
You can meet some of our most pressing needs by donating cash. Plus:
- It's easy to set up
- You potentially receive the maximum tax deduction
- You will see the immediate effects of your generosity
Charitable Lead Trust
Eliminate Potential Taxes and Enjoy Reliable Payments
If your estate is at a taxable level, a CLT is a powerful way to pass more to your heirs and make a gift to us. How it works:
- You transfer assets into a lead trust
- The trust pays us for a specified term
At the end of the term, the principal passes to your heirs with reduced tax liability
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Gifts That Make An Impact After Your Lifetime
Bequest
Make an Immediate Difference
A donation in your will or living trust, called a bequest, allows you to support our work without parting with assets today. Some advantages include:
- Simple to set up
- Can be changed at anytime
- Could provide estate tax relief
Beneficiary Designation
Create a Simple Yet Powerful Gift
Everyone wins when you name us as the beneficiary to your retirement plan assets, life insurance or insurance annuities:
- You can leave other, less-taxed assets to your family
- You can also change your mind at any time
- Our organization can put the full amount of your gift to good work
At the end of the term, the principal passes to your heirs with reduced tax liability
The W.A.G.S. 4 Kids Foundation
Long After You're Gone - Your Gift Will Embrace Them
The W.A.G.S. 4 Kids Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Its purpose is to oversee the investment management of the W.A.G.S. 4 Kids Endowment. Learn More
