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Leave a Legacy of Love

Wills, Trusts & Planned Giving

Your compassion for cats can continue making a difference for generations to come.

By including CatNap from the Heart in your will, trust, or estate plan, you can help ensure that homeless, abandoned, and vulnerable cats continue receiving the shelter, medical care, love, and second chances they deserve.

A Gift That Lives On

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Since 1997, CatNap from the Heart has been a safe haven for cats and kittens who need somewhere to turn.

A planned gift is a meaningful way to make your love for animals part of your lasting legacy. Whether your gift is large or small, it can help provide food, shelter, medical treatment, comfort, and loving homes for cats well into the future.

Your kindness today can help save lives tomorrow!

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Your Legacy Can Change Lives

A planned gift can help support every step of a cat's journey.

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Rescue & Shelter

Help provide a safe, comfortable place for abandoned, homeless, and vulnerable cats while they wait for their next chapter.

Medical Care

Support vaccinations, spay and neuter services, medications, diagnostics, surgeries, and other lifesaving veterinary care.

Second Chances & Forever Homes

Help give cats the time, care, and resources they need to heal, grow, and ultimately find loving families of their own.

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Ways to Include CatNap in Your Plans

There are several ways you may choose to make CatNap from the Heart part of your legacy.

Will or Living Trust

You may include CatNap from the Heart in your will or living trust by leaving a specific dollar amount, a percentage of your estate, or all or part of the remaining balance of your estate.

Retirement Accounts

You may be able to name CatNap from the Heart as a full or partial beneficiary of an IRA, 401(k), 403(b), or other retirement account.

Life Insurance

CatNap from the Heart may also be designated as a beneficiary of an existing life insurance policy.

Stocks & Securities

Gifts of appreciated stocks or other securities may provide another way to support our mission while potentially offering financial or tax advantages.

Other Planned Gifts

Your attorney, financial advisor, or estate-planning professional can help you explore additional charitable giving strategies that may be appropriate for your personal and financial goals.

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Information for Your Estate Planning Professional

If you are considering including CatNap from the Heart in your estate plans, the following information may be helpful to you and your attorney:

 

Legal Organization Name
CatNap from the Heart

Address
1101 Beach Avenue
La Grange Park, IL 60526

Federal Tax Identification Number:
22-3860113

Organization Type
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization

 

We encourage you to work with a qualified attorney or financial professional when creating or updating your estate documents.

Sample Bequest Language

The following language may be used as a starting point when discussing your wishes with your attorney:

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"I give to CatNap from the Heart, a nonprofit organization located at 1101 Beach Avenue, La Grange Park, Illinois 60526, Federal Tax Identification Number 22-3860113, [the sum of $________ / _______% of my estate / the remainder of my estate] to be used in support of its charitable mission."

 

A Note to Our Supporters

This sample language is provided for general informational purposes only and should not be considered legal, tax, or financial advice.

Please consult with your attorney, financial advisor, or estate-planning professional to determine the language and giving strategy that are right for you.

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Have You Already Included CatNap in Your Plans?

If you have already chosen to include CatNap from the Heart in your will, trust, or estate plan, we would be honored to know.

 

Sharing your intentions with us is completely optional and does not create any obligation. It simply gives us the opportunity to thank you for your extraordinary commitment to the cats who will need us in the years ahead.

Their Future Can Be Part of Your Legacy

A warm bed.
A healing touch.
A full bowl.
A second chance.
A family to call their own.

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Your legacy can help make all of these things possible.

 

By remembering CatNap from the Heart in your estate plans, you can help ensure that cats in need continue finding safety, compassion, and loving homes for generations to come.

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Thank you for making your love for animals last a lifetime — and beyond.


Contact Us At: 

CatNap from the Heart
1101 Beach Avenue
La Grange Park, IL 60526
708-352-3914
www.catnapfromtheheart.org

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