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Your gift makes the dogs’ gifts to the world possible. Service dogs, guide dogs, hearing dogs, diabetic alert dogs, drug detection dogs, bomb sniffing dogs, agriculture scent detection dogs, social/therapy dogs, dogs helping servicemen and women with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and children with Autism represent just a few of those ways dogs are helping humankind.

Through our University programs and Research we enable individuals and organizations worldwide to be more productive in pursuing dog-related careers and to be more effective in “helping dogs help people.”

Your donations can take many forms – from direct gifts and pledges to online gifts. Workplace and corporate matching gifts that involve your employer have an added bonus of more people learning about us. A bequest ensures that we remain in your heart and you in ours forever. Another gift of inspiration is one to honor the memory of a loved one, or a friend’s loved one, be it dog or human. A sponsorship paves the way for someone with a disability to receive an assistance dog that they might not otherwise be able to afford. And consideration of our “Wish List” lessens some of the pressures of everyday operational costs.

We are certified by the Independent Charities of America.

Remember, even $1 can make a difference. All donations are tax deductible.

Direct Gifts and Pledges

We are pleased to accept cash, checks and credit cards. Please make checks payable to Bergin University of Canine Studies. Our address is: 1215 Sebastopol Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95407 or you can call us at (707) 545-DOGS(3647) to donate via credit card.

To make an online donation to Bergin University, simply click Give Direct. You will be immediately forwarded to a form that is easy to fill out with the amount you wish to donate. There are no additional fees, and with the ease of electronic transfers, we receive your donation immediately.

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Many employers will match the charitable donations of their employees. This is a great opportunity to double your contribution to Bergin University! Please contact your Human Resources department for any necessary forms and we will happily send in the required documentation.

To help achieve our long-term goals, Bergin University is seeking new funding for expanded programs and new initiatives. We want to grow our Associate’s, Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs. We want to continue and further our exciting research into canine cognition, and human/canine partnerships. We want to expand our work with educating at-risk teens and with people in need of social/therapy interventions in the community. We want to increase the number of puppies and dogs in training and have more space for them to exercise and play.

If you have visited our campus, you know that we use every square foot of our space for dogs, people and programs. Future growth plans include a new campus for our University.

One way you might consider helping the University achieve its long-term goals is by setting up a planned gift. There are many methods by which someone may make a planned gift to Bergin University.

A Charitable Bequest is simply a distribution from your estate to a charitable organization through your last will and testament. There are different kinds of bequests. For each, you need to use specific language to indicate the precise direction of your assets, and to successfully carry out your final wishes.

General Bequests are legacies left to certain people or causes that come from the general value of the estate, and are made by designating a specific dollar amount, a particular asset or a fixed percentage of your estate.

Specific Bequests are made when a particular item or property is bequeathed for a designated purpose (e.g., equipment with a certain designated use, or funds to be used to support a particular program or goal, such as an endowed faculty chair at Bergin University).

Residuary Bequests are made when you intend to leave the residue portion of your assets after other terms of the will have been satisfied.

Contingency Bequests allow you to leave a portion of your estate to a particular charity if your named beneficiary does not survive you. Please contact the University (info@BerginU.org, 707.545.DOGS) or discuss with your estate attorney to learn more more about leaving a legacy to Bergin University.

Your donation in memory of a dog or person is an opportunity to recognize your or a friend’s dog or a dear human friend or family member. Please provide the details of your memorial gift on this Honor a Special Dog or Person form.

It costs approximately $15,000 to raise, train and partner a service dog with a client. This cost includes the two-week client-training course, which teaches the client the necessary techniques required to best utilize their new canine partner. Your donation of a $15,000 team sponsorship would cover the entire cost of training and pairing one service dog with its new, lifelong companion.

Our supporters often ask if we have a “Wish List” of things that the University needs. Thanks for asking--the answer is yes! Listed below are some items that we are always in need of. If you have an item to donate that is not on the list, please contact us to see if it’s something we can use.

Gift certificates for Petco, Petsmart, Costco or Home Depot
Blankets (used; for dog bedding)
Dog-related books for our library
Dog toys: nylabones, kongs, hard rubber balls--no thin plastic squeak toys (dangerous when chewed up)
Dog Crates
Magazine subscriptions to Dog Fancy, Dog World, or Bark
Steam cleaner (heavy duty)
Treat rolls (Red Barn, Natural Balance or Pet Botanics)

We can now accept your unwanted cars, boats and even airplanes! By simply clicking on the car logo you are well on your way to both getting the extra garage space you’ve been wishing for, and to providing a generous donation to our organization. Once you fill out the simple form, a representative from the V-DAC program will call you to set up an appointment to tow your car, at no cost to you! For your convenience, this program is available nationwide and your car is usually picked up within one week after the paperwork is filed.

All donations are tax-deductible Thank you!