Your Stock Can Save a Life
There are many ways to help a dog. One of them may already be sitting in your investment account.
Hugs For Harry can now accept donations of publicly traded stock directly into our charitable brokerage account.
For people who own appreciated stock, donating shares directly can be a meaningful—and potentially tax-efficient—way to help provide veterinary care, food, medications, shelter and everything else our dogs need while they wait for the home that's right for them.
Why Donate Stock Instead of Cash?
If you own stock that has increased in value, particularly stock you've held for more than one year, donating the shares directly to Hugs For Harry may offer tax advantages compared with selling the stock yourself and donating the cash.
Depending on your individual circumstances, you may be able to:
Avoid capital gains tax on the donated shares.
Receive a charitable deduction based on the fair market value of eligible appreciated securities.
Put more of your investment directly toward helping dogs who need us.
And you don't have to donate an entire holding. You can choose the number of shares you would like to give.
What Your Stock Becomes at Hugs
To us, a stock donation isn't a number on a brokerage statement.
It becomes an emergency veterinary visit.
A surgery we couldn't postpone.
Medication for a senior dog.
Food, clean bedding and a safe place to sleep.
It gives us the ability to say yes when a dog needs help and there isn't anywhere else for that dog to go.
Every gift helps us continue doing what Hugs For Harry was created to do: give senior, disabled and at-risk dogs another chance.
How to Donate Stock
Making a stock donation is usually quite simple.
Your financial advisor or brokerage firm can transfer shares electronically from your account directly to the Hugs For Harry brokerage account.
Hugs For Harry Stock Transfer Information
Organization: Hugs For Harry, Inc.
Tax Status: 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
EIN: 33-3445515
Brokerage Firm: Fidelity Investments
For our complete brokerage and stock-transfer instructions, please contact:
stockdonations@hugsforharry.org
We can provide the information you or your financial advisor will need to initiate the transfer.
Please Let Us Know You're Making a Gift
Stock transfers don't always include enough information for us to identify the person who made the donation.
If you are transferring stock to Hugs For Harry, please email stockdonations@hugsforharry.org and let us know:
• Your name
• The name of the stock
• The approximate number of shares being transferred
• The approximate date of the transfer
Please do not send us your brokerage account number or other private financial information.
This allows us to watch for your gift, acknowledge it properly and send you the appropriate charitable contribution receipt.
Have Your Financial Advisor Contact Us
You don't have to figure this out yourself.
If you work with a financial advisor, wealth manager, CPA or brokerage representative, simply tell them that you would like to make a charitable gift of stock to Hugs For Harry, Inc.
They are welcome to contact us directly at:
stockdonations@hugsforharry.org
We'll provide the information needed to complete the transfer.
A Gift That Can Change a Dog's Life
Some of the dogs who come to Hugs need very little.
Others arrive needing thousands of dollars in veterinary care before we even know what their future will look like.
Your gift of stock gives us something extraordinarily important—the ability to help when a dog needs us.
Turn your investment into veterinary care, safety and another chance for a dog who needs one.
Ready to Donate Stock?
Contact Hugs For Harry for stock-transfer instructions
stockdonations@hugsforharry.org
Thank you for believing that their lives matter.
Hugs For Harry, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, EIN 33-3445515. Information on this page is provided for general educational purposes and is not intended as legal, tax or financial advice. Tax treatment depends on individual circumstances and applicable law. Please consult your tax, legal or financial advisor regarding your individual situation.