There are many ways to help save animal lives. You can get involved with the Austin Humane Society
through charitable contributions, your estate planning, our signature events and ongoing
programs, becoming a foster family or by joining us as one of the 450+ volunteers who help
provide animal care, administrative assistance and event support.
Your kind contributions help ensure that the homeless pets in our care receive the best
care possible before finding permanent, loving homes. Thank you for everything you do
for Austin's orphaned animals. Your generosity helps the Austin Humane Society make the
lives better for our community’s homeless cats and dogs.
Monetary Donations
Your monetary donations go a long way to helping homeless cats and dogs. It’s simple and
secure, check a donation level and fill out the following forms. Your contribution helps
us save more animals lives.
YOUR GIFT DIRECTLY OFFSETS THE COST OF ANIMAL CARE
$1000 Provides
Donations can be made online, in person or by mail to 124 W. Anderson Lane Austin, TX 78752 or over the phone at 512.646.0126. Please contact Laura Marks if you would like additional information.
Donating to the Austin Humane Society each month is simple. The Austin Humane Society will charge your credit card for your pre-selected amount each month. All you have to do is fill in the monthly donor form online along with the credit card information and we will take care of the rest.
At the end of the year, you'll receive an acknowledgement of your tax-deductible gift, but each month you'll receive the good feeling that goes along with helping to save animal lives.
By including the Austin Humane Society in your charitable giving you have made
a decision to take an active role in significantly saving animal lives. A gift
of appreciated securities held for more than one year may bring about significant
benefits to you as a contributor to the Austin Humane Society.
You become entitled to a charitable income tax deduction for the fair market value
of the gifted securities as of the date of the gift.
You eliminate capital gains tax that would ordinarily become due if you had sold the
appreciated securities on the open market and donated the proceeds from the sale to charity.
Your charitable deduction can be claimed against up to 30% of your adjusted gross
income and any unused deductions can be carried forward over the next five years.
Helps you to achieve your long-term financial objective of reducing your income and estate taxes.
If you find that you have securities that have declined in value over the years and are interested
in donating them to charity, you may find it more advantageous to sell the securities first and contribute
the proceeds to charity as opposed to donating the securities outright. This strategy should allow you to
claim a deduction for both the loss from the sale of the securities as well as the charitable gift.
If you are considering donating stock that is subject to a cash merger or tender offer, it is important
for you to note that you will be subject to tax on the capital gain even though the shares were transferred
to charity before the tender offer became effective. You should always consult with your financial advisor
before initiating a charitable gift arrangement.
For more information please contact Carisa Bommarito by email here or by telephone at 512-685-0128
If you want to make a donation in honor or memory of a family member,
pet or friend, the Austin Humane Society will send a card to that person's
or pet's family acknowledging your thoughtful donation.
Located at the Austin Humane Society's Pet Adoption Center, the Friendship Wall
is a collection of clear plexiglass plaques engraved with a donor's name and a
message. Any individual or group can commemorate a special pet, friend or family
member through a personal inscription.
Your plaque will be permanently mounted in a special place in our Pet Adoption Center. Complete the online donation form, then contact Laura Marks, Annual Giving Manager, by email or telephone, 512-685-0126 to discuss how you'd like your plaque to read. Friendship Wall plaques are a minimum donation of $250.
Take part in a recycling program that helps the earth and homeless animals.
Recycling your cell phone or empty inkjet/toner cartridges can help our furry friends at the Austin Humane Society (AHS). When you bring a used name brand laser or ink jet printer cartridge to MegaByte Express, AHS receives between $0.50 and $10.00 in donations. This program costs you nothing to participate and is an easy way to help the environment and the homeless animals of the AHS!
Through the Cartridges for Critters program, AHS receives hundreds of dollars in donations every year which enables us to provide care for the dogs and cats in their shelter and in foster homes and help these animals find new homes.
To participate in the Cartridges for Critters program, bring your used personal and/or business printer cartridges to Megabyte Express for refurbishment. You must let them know that you are participating in Cartridges for Critters for the AHS in order for the organization to receive a donation.
Megabyte Express 6500 Burnet Rd., Austin, Texas 78757 Drop off hours: Monday – Friday, 7:30am – 4:00pm
Our Adopt-a-Kennel program is a fabulous way to show your support for the Austin
Humane Society, while at the same time helping to provide us with the resources we
need to care for the thousands of homeless animals we receive each year.
Please
click here to find out more about this program.
