ACVS Foundation Donation Programs

Pet and Equine Memorial Programs

The ACVS Foundation offers an opportunity to help ease the suffering of your clients, while letting them know that not only did they put their animal in skilled hands, but in caring ones as well!

The Pet and Equine Memorial Programs enhance relationships with your clients and referring veterinarians, both of which are important to maintaining a quality surgical practice. Memorial donations are an ideal way for practices and individuals to support the College and to truly be a part of its success and continued excellence.

When you choose to make a monetary donation to memorialize a patient, the ACVS Foundation office will send out a memorial card to your client within 5 business days of receiving your donation. The correspondence will never show the amount of your donation. If the patient was referred to you, at your discretion, the office will also notify the referring veterinarian of your donation.

Within a few weeks, you will receive a thank you letter from the ACVS Foundation noting the date and the amount of your tax-deductible donation for your records.

Donations for the Pet and Equine Memorial Programs can be made online!

Office Naming Opportunities

March 28, 2009 marked the first anniversary of ACVS in the Germantown, MD office. It has been a very exciting time and the space is remarkable and worth every square foot! To date, the ACVS Board of Regents, the Symposium Committee and the ACVS Foundation Board of Trustees’ have all had at least one meeting in the Past Presidents’ Conference Room. You are welcomed and invited to visit the office, anytime you are in the area, to enjoy a staff-guided tour of our space.

In 2008, the ACVS Foundation Board of Trustees initiated a campaign offering opportunities to “leave legacies” in the new space, with naming opportunities of staff offices and the Past Presidents’ Conference Room. To date, we have received almost $100,000 in donations and pledges to name the staff offices and Past Presidents’ Conference Room. By naming one of the offices you can recognize, honor or memorialize an individual, a group, your practice or your family in ACVS’ permanent home, while providing financial support for the build-out and furnishings of the office. This landmark event allows you to demonstrate a lasting commitment to the work of the ACVS and its Foundation.

The Board of Trustees would like to offer to you the opportunity to leave your legacy in this new space, with naming opportunities of the offices. View more information on available office naming opportunities.

ACVS Foundation Fundraising Event at the 2010 ACVS Veterinary Symposium

Planning for the 2010 ACVS Celebration…Benefitting the ACVS Foundation for Friday October 22, 2010 in Seattle, Washington has already begun. This event is the Foundation’s largest annual fundraiser.

The ACVS Foundation uses the proceeds from this event and other fund raising activities to support the research and educational mission of the College.

View more information on the ACVS Celebration and how to make a donation.

Planned Giving

A planned gift to the ACVS Foundation can provide the resources to continue to create extraordinary advances in the standards and excellence of veterinary surgery and animal health care. Planned gifts can secure your family’s future, your legacy and the mission of the ACVS Foundation.

There is a variety of philanthropic strategies that you can review and choose to consider beyond just giving money to the Foundation, such as leaving a portion of your estate to the Foundation, or naming the Foundation as a beneficiary of charitable gifts or of a life insurance policy. Most Diplomates care deeply about the future of our College and a small amount of pre-planning can help to insure its successful future.

To learn more about planned giving opportunities, please review A Guide to Giving or contact the ACVS Foundation at 301-916-0200, ext. 110 for more information or a bound copy to use with your financial planning professional.

Dividends For The Future

The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Donations can be made online using a credit card and via mail by downloading the Foundation contribution form. Stocks or other property assets may be transferred to the Foundation at their appreciated value. A variety of planned giving opportunities which provide your estate with important tax incentives are also available.

For more information about the ACVS Foundation, please contact:

ACVS Foundation
19785 Crystal Rock Dr, Suite 305
Germantown, MD 20874
Phone: 301-916-0200 x110
Fax: 301-916-2287
Email: foundation@acvs.org