SSD Building the Future Fund

Build the Future and Include SSD in Your Estate Planning

You are a vital part of Susquehanna Service Dogs’ future. The SSD Building the Future Fund is a dedicated fund for estate planning, designed to ensure the long-term sustainability and growth of SSD. It directly supports our mission to provide highly trained assistance dogs, hearing dogs, and facility dogs to enrich people’s lives and empower them to live more independently.

When you include SSD in your estate planning, you are fueling the growth of the program – improving infrastructure, expanding outreach, and strengthening our capacity to deliver life-changing assistance dogs. We will be able to enhance our training environments, train more dogs, accommodate more people, and offer new educational opportunities.

The fund will also provide resources to recruit, retain, and support professionals who are committed to our mission. Their expertise and passion are the foundation of our continued success.

This is a commitment to Susquehanna Service Dogs and the ever-evolving needs of the people we serve. Your support will help drive our mission forward and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

We invite you, our community, supporters, and partners to join us in building a strong future for SSD by including the program in your estate planning. Together, we can ensure that people with disability have the opportunity and confidence to live full lives in their community with a life-changing assistance dog at their side.

Your Legacy Will Impact the Future

What Is Planned Giving?

Planned Giving through the SSD Building the Future Fund is a way to support SSD with a future gift through your financial and estate plans.

Why Choose Planned Giving?

With Planned Giving, you can make a significant gift to SSD while potentially reducing your income taxes, capital gains taxes, and estate taxes. You can create a lasting impact on SSD for years to come.

Ways to Give

Opportunities include but are not limited to:

  • Bequests
  • Gift annuities
  • Charitable IRA Rollover
  • Appreciated securities
  • Real estate
  • Retirement plans
  • Life insurance

Get Started

As with all Planned Giving, consult your financial and tax advisors and explore your options. If you decide to make a planned gift, please notify us. Our Planned Giving Team is happy to work with you to ensure your gift is used according to your wishes.

To learn more about how you can make a lasting impact through the SSD Building the Future Fund, contact Kris Weaver at 717-678-4130 or [email protected].

Keystone Partnership tax ID number: 23-1405636

Susquehanna Service Dogs is a program of Keystone Human Services (KHS). Keystone Partnership is the KHS subsidiary that provides charitable support for the entire organization. Your contribution to the SSD Building the Future Fund is restricted solely for SSD programmatic needs.

Sample Language

“I hereby give, devise, and bequeath ____ percent (____%) of my total estate, determined as the date of my death, Susquehanna Service Dogs, a program of the nonprofit program organization located at 1078 Gravel Hill Road, Grantville, PA 17028, Federal Tax ID #23-1405636, for Susquehanna Service Dogs general use and purpose for their work.”