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Giving ProgramsWhere do your charitable gifts to the AAEP Foundation go? You decide! When you make a gift to the Foundation, you can choose to designate it to the current Annual Fund or to a specific area of equine benevolence you are interested in. The Foundation encourages you to think not only about annual support, but also how you can help maintain the mission of the Foundation in the long term through Endowment support. Once we receive your gift, it can now be designated for the priority you select, such as: Annual Fund: The Annual Fund is the cornerstone for the Foundation’s ability to provide grants. These funds are used immediately for the highest priorities of the Foundation. Is this gift a Memorial? Is this gift an Honor Gift? Education: Education is at the heart of the AAEP Foundation’s mission. Your gift to this area helps provide opportunities for learning and discovery through student and graduate scholarships, stipends for chapter activities and travel to professional programs for students and support for programs that educate veterinarians and caretakers about important, cutting-edge horse health. These funds help to ensure that income is not a barrier to educational opportunities. Research: Research shapes the future of our profession. The AAEP Foundation strives to nurture scientific advances in many ways. Gifts for research may help with targeted projects, meetings or workshops, as well as new ways to identify, focus on, promote and share equine research. Benevolence: Benevolence extends the legacy of helping the horse in situations outside our normal routines. Contributions to the horse in need may be used as part of a national or international equitarian effort. Equine Community: This allows the Foundation to provide funds for those opportunities that link us together with others who care about the welfare of the equine and our shared experiences with horses. Your gift to this area helps promote and support special programs, educational opportunities, conferences, and leadership activities for youth. Capital: Capital contributions allow for investments in buildings and equipment. These funds may be used for new initiatives, improvements and renovations to structures important to the Foundation. Disaster Relief: This funding has been used to specifically assist when emergency situations arise as well as in pre-disaster preparedness programs. Those involved in providing aid for horses during times of need have received funding from the AAEP Foundation for supplies, equipment, communication support and training. Endowment: Endownment funds are maintained in perpetuity and, typically, only income from investment of the gift is expended. Gifts to the Endowment may be unrestricted or designated for a particular purpose. They are invested with two goals in mind: to provide spendable income for the purpose agreed upon with the donor, and to grow the principal at a rate that exceeds inflation. The original gift, or principal, is never spent, and any investment return over permitted spending and fees is channeled back into the fund for continued growth. Endowment gifts of $1,000 or more may be designated for: • Education • Research • Benevolence • Community • Disaster Relief • Capital Named Endowments begin at the $100,000 level. Naming an endowment is a thoughtful tribute and donors are encouraged to name the scholarship in honor of a friend, colleague or even themselves or their family. These are an option for endowing scholarships, workshops, ongoing programs or other areas of interest and concern. Planned Giving: This is a way to leave a legacy through your estate. Gifts left to the Foundation through wills, trusts and beneficiary designations are all options that can be considered. You can donate a specific asset, or a share in residue of your estate. The AAEP Foundation is unique in that 100 percent of all donations directly help horses and veterinarians. Because the parent organization, the AAEP, pays for the Foundation’s operating costs, all contributions can be used to support programs, not administrative expenses. |
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