Giving
Online | Mail/Fax | Memorial Gifts | United Way Donation | Planned Giving | Employer Matching Gifts | General Fund | Endowment Fund
Your generous donation to the AALAS Foundation not only helps with innumerable projects in which the Foundation is involved, but it also proves beneficial to you in the following ways:
- You help assure the future of laboratory animal research
- You help further public education
- You are recognized as a dedicated member within our profession
- You receive free AALAS Foundation public outreach resources
- Your donation is tax deductible, to the full extent provided by law
You may make an online donation using our secure web form or by submitting the interactive contribution form below.
Online Contribution Form (login required)
Interactive Contribution Form (PDF)
To donate by fax or mail, complete the Contribution Form (PDF) and send it to:
AALAS Foundation
9190 Crestwyn Hills Drive
Memphis, TN 38125
Memorial GiftsMake a lasting tribute to the memory of a loved one, friend, co-worker, companion animal, or research animal with a gift to the AALAS Foundation. The family will receive an acknowledgement of your gift if that information is included on the contribution form/envelope you send in with your gift.
The AALAS Foundation has memorial cards that can be used to express your sympathy to the family. Use the enclosed contribution envelope to mail your gift to our office. To receive a card, click here.
United Way Donation (Choose #060730)
Did you know that, if you do not designate a specific charity for your donation, you inadvertently could be undermining our profession? Your donations to the local United Way or Combined Federal campaigns could be going to groups opposed to laboratory animal-based research. Both of these umbrella campaigns automatically allocate some of the donations to smaller non-profit organizations and, unfortunately, some of these organizations are opposed to the appropriate use of laboratory animals. The AALAS Foundation is not automatically allocated some of your donation; rather you must designate the Foundation as your intended recipient. To ensure that your United Way donation goes to the AALAS Foundation, write on the donation card the AALAS Foundation’s United Way number, 060730.
A planned giving program helps you enjoy tax savings through careful structuring and timing of your donation. While the actual tax benefits are determined by several factors including your tax bracket, the type of gift, etc., careful planning can provide benefits for both you, the donor, and the AALAS Foundation.
Bequests are the most common form of planned gift, with a specific dollar amount named or a residual bequest to the Foundation. Bequests frequently are used to support an organization’s endowment as a way to help the organization develop a stable funding base for the future.
Some of the common assets given to charitable organizations include stocks and bonds and mutual funds. The AALAS Foundation has letters of transfer that can be used if you decide to give your gift in this form. Please contact the AALAS Foundation for further details.
If you have other assets you would like to transfer, please contact the AALAS Foundation. Each gift must be evaluated individually, and we will be happy to work with you.
Click here for a brochure on our Planned Giving program (PDF).
Many companies and institutions offer employees the opportunity to double their gifts to nonprofit organization. By matching the employee’s charitable giving to qualified nonprofits, the company supports their employees’ desire to give something back to the community. Please check with your company to see if a matching gifts program is offered where you work.
We will provide your company the information needed to qualify the AALAS Foundation for your company’s matching gift program. Please have your Human Resources or Accounting Department contact us for the necessary information or send us the forms to be filled out.
Contributions to the General Fund are used for nonspecific programs and grants within the Foundation's mission and to fund some of the various operating expenses of the Foundation.
Contributions are invested in a perpetual endowment that will provide ongoing support of the Foundation's mission. You may designate that your contribution be used to help grow the endowment.
Are you looking for a way to advance biomedical research and gain valuable exposure for your company?
The AALAS Foundation is holding its annual Silent and Live Auction in October at the 61st Annual AALAS National Meeting in Atlanta. Proceeds from this fun-filled event support the Foundation’s efforts to educate the public about the essential role of animals in research and education.
How to Make an Auction Donation
To donate to the AALAS Foundation Silent and Live Auction, please fill out our 2010 Silent and Live Auction Contribution Form.
Auction donation pledges received by August 1 will be recognized in the AALAS Foundation National Meeting Program.
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