Leave a Legacy of Conservation

A Gift That Gives For A Lifetime

Leave a lasting legacy for the Little Rock Zoo through with the Arkansas Zoological Foundation (AZF) planned giving program. When you leave a planned gift to the Zoo through your will or trust, retirement assets and any other financial tool, you become a part of a family of friends helping to ensure that the Little Rock Zoo is here to inspire conservation learning today and always.

Planned and Legacy Gifts For the Little Rock Zoo

Gift planning with the Arkansas Zoological Foundation helps turn your savings or personal assets into meaningful contributions for the Little Rock Zoo. Your contribution begins to work for the benefit of the Zoo all while meeting your personal, financial, and estate-planning goals.

There are several ways you can make current or future gifts to help the Zoo:

Will or Trust

Provide for the Arkansas Zoological Foundation in your will or trust. You can gift a dollar amount in your will or trust or designate a particular asset, such as real estate or stock. You can also designate either a percentage or remainder of your estate for this purpose. You can put your gift in to into action immediately or, if you prefer, designate it to an endowment fund.

Life Insurance

IRA Rollover You can name the Arkansas Zoological Foundation as primary life insurance beneficiary. Name the Arkansas Zoological Foundation as primary life insurance beneficiary or contingent beneficiary should your other beneficiaries not survive you. When you make your gift of life insurance, the benefits pass to the Arkansas Zoological Foundation free of federal estate tax. If you continue to make payments on your policy after donating it to AZF those payments are tax-deductible.

Stock Gifts

A donation of stock is a great way to help the Arkansas Zoological Foundation. When you make a gift of donated stock to the Arkansas Zoological Foundation, at an appointed time, your gift will be sold and the proceeds utilized for the benefit of the Little Rock Zoo. Gifts of stock are a great benefit to non-profit organizations for future income. Simply designate which stock and in what amount you want to go to AZF.

Arkansas Zoological Foundation

Tax ID: 71-6014465

Arkzoofoundation.org

501-661-7208

Retirement Assets

Provide for the Arkansas Zoological Foundation through your unused retirement assets. Like many people, you likely will not use all of your IRA, 401(k), 403(b), pension or other tax-deferred plan. You can allocate the remainder of these plans to the Arkansas Zoological Foundation. Because AZF is a non-profit organization, your gift wonʼt be subject to taxes. Simply complete a beneficiary designation form provided by your plan custodian.

IRA Rollover

Make a gift to the Arkansas Zoological Foundation by rolling over your IRA. If you are age 70 ½ or older a qualified charitable distribution from an IRA allows you to make a gift to the Arkansas Zoological Foundation without the distribution counting as taxable income. This giving option is a direct contribution made from your traditional IRA or ROTH IRA to AZF.

Additional Details

The Arkansas Zoological Foundation is the nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization raising funds for the growth and development of the Little Rock Zoo. All charitable gifts and planned gifts for the Zoo are accepted and held in trust by the Arkansas Zoological Foundation.

If you would like to support the Little Rock Zoo in this way, please designate the Arkansas Zoological Foundation in your legal documents or paperwork.