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Do you or a friend NEED HELP? We are here 24 hours a day. Call or Text 941.365.1976
By becoming a member of SPARCC Legacy Society, your planned gift allows us to look forward with confidence and ensure a future stream of support.
You are the catalyst to stop domestic and sexual violence in our communities for generations to come. You help sustain SPARCC, its programs and its services. We can’t do it without you.
What began as a small group of strong and compassionate women, with a desire to help survivors, has grown into the only state-certified center for domestic and sexual violence in Sarasota and DeSoto Counties. Your support has strengthened SPARCC every step of the way.
SPARCC began in 1979 and despite its tremendous growth, there is still more to do — lives to save, young people to educate and social reforms to be made. You uphold our mission. You make us strong.
Domestic violence and sexual assault are social problems that happen in every community and change must begin with each of us.
SPARCC is a leader in the movement against domestic and sexual violence. You help protect the future.
Your planned gift ensures a future stream of support and enables SPARCC to continue its efforts to stop domestic and sexual violence in our communities.
Ways to Make a Planned Gift:
*Or make an immediate charitable contribution of $10,000 (or more) designated to the SPARCC Endowment Fund.
You empower SPARCC with the authority to create positive change and continue moving toward a violence-free future.
As a SPARCC Legacy member, we consider you part of our family. You support our mission to provide a safe haven and promote empowerment, awareness, and social change to end domestic and sexual violence. You believe in our vision.
SPARCC would like to thank you for your commitment by recognizing you with these small and humble acts of kindness:
These are just a few of the ways that we honor and celebrate our SPARCC family. Together, we are the heart of a community with a vision of freedom from the grip of domestic and sexual violence. You belong here.
*Legacy commitment does not require recognition.
Including Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center (SPARCC) in your will or estate plans or giving an immediate gift of $10,000 or more to its endowment fund, is one of the most meaningful ways to support survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Planned gifts can be made through your estate or financial plans and can include bequests designated in a will or living trust, as well as life income gifts. To qualify as a SPARCC Legacy Society member, Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center must be designated as a primary beneficiary of the asset or account, rather than listed solely as a contingent beneficiary. By supporting the future of SPARCC in this way, you are ensuring that we will be here for survivors and their children in perpetuity.
Your will affirms, honors, and protects what matters most to you. Through a specific bequest, you can name a particular dollar amount, or through a residuary bequest, you can give all or part of what is remaining after payment of debts, expenses, and specific bequests. If you would like to make such a gift to SPARCC, your attorney may wish to include language similar to the following:
“I give, devise, and bequeath to Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center, Inc., now or formerly with corporate headquarters at 2139 Main Street, Sarasota, FL 34237, (Tax ID: 59-1943399) a gift of ($_____ or __ percent of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate), to be used for its general purposes.”
Legal Name: Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center, Inc. DBA SPARCC
Address: 2139 Main Street, Sarasota, FL, USA 34237
Employer Identification Number: (EIN/Tax ID): 59-1943399
You might also consider naming SPARCC as a beneficiary in your retirement plan, IRA, insurance policy, or bank and investment accounts. Depending on the plan, SPARCC can be named as a full, partial, or contingent beneficiary.
SPARCC is pleased to recognize the supporters and visionaries who are helping to ensure that SPARCC is here in perpetuity and able to provide help, hope and healing for survivors and their children. After informing us of your plans, we will extend an invitation to join our Legacy Society.
At this time, the Hospital Advocacy Team is the only advocacy volunteer opportunity available. On-call volunteers respond to night and weekend requests from hospitals in Sarasota, Venice, Englewood, and Northport, meeting with sexual and domestic violence survivors to provide information, support, and resources regarding SPARCC services.