A new year is the perfect time to reflect on your commitment to helping animals—and take a simple, impactful step to create your legacy of compassion by naming PETA as a beneficiary of your retirement plan or other financial account. The process is straightforward, so there’s no need to hire an attorney or update your will or trust.

Reviewing and updating your beneficiary designations is a meaningful way to strengthen PETA’s vital work for animals. By naming PETA as a beneficiary, you ensure that your legacy directly fuels groundbreaking investigations, life-changing rescues, and powerful advocacy campaigns that save lives and challenge cruelty wherever it exists.

Legacy gifts are vital to our mission: one in three dollars PETA raises comes from members who include us in their beneficiary designations or other estate plans.

It’s easy: Simply complete a beneficiary designation form from your financial institution or online account.

It’s flexible: You can change beneficiaries at any time.

It’s no cost: You keep full control of your assets, and there is no cost to name beneficiaries.

If you’ve recently experienced a life change—such as retirement, a new home, welcoming a new child or grandchild, or a change in marital status—or if you haven’t reviewed your beneficiary designations in a while, now is a great time to consider updating them.