How You Can Make a Difference
The Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, depends on charitable donations to fund its work. Your support will help us continue our quail-enhancing research and conservation initiatives, as well as our education efforts to keep students, ranchers, landowners, biologists and conservationists informed on all things quail.
Please help by making a generous contribution today!
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Other Ways to Give
Planned Giving
The Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation was first conceptualized in 2005 by a group of quail hunters who envisioned a ranch property devoted to researching and understanding quail. Their hope was a new organization with its own property to serve as a living laboratory to devise management strategies for the benefit of quail and demonstrate the best practices in conservation. The Foundation was established over the next two years and received a property in Fisher County to serve as its Research Ranch through the generosity of the Richard King Mellon Foundation and The Conservation Fund.
Without the careful planning by our founders, the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation would not exist today. Now, RPQRF relies on planned gifts from our supporters to continue our unique research and education efforts. What kind of legacy will you leave?
Wills and Living Trusts
Arranging a planned gift to RPQRF through your will or living trust is easy. Simply include the following bequest language (or similar language) in your will or living trust:
I bequeath $ _____________ or _____% of my residuary estate to the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation, a not-for-profit organization with tax identification number 20-8781238, for its ongoing conservation and education purposes.
Beneficiary Designations
Beneficiary designations are also an easy way to complete a gift for quail conservation. These designations are common for IRAs and retirement plans, life insurance policies, commercial annuities, certificates of deposits and brokerage accounts.
Unlike wills and living trusts, these assets use separate beneficiary forms to determine who receives them. These designations can be split across beneficiaries and modified at any time to meet your changing needs.
Here’s how to name Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation as a beneficiary:
- Contact your retirement plan administrator, insurance company, bank or financial institution for a change-of-beneficiary form.
- Decide what percentage (1 to 100) you would like us to receive and name us, along with the percentage you chose, on the beneficiary form.
- Return the completed form to your plan administrator, insurance company, bank or financial institution.
By naming the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation in your will or living trust, or as a beneficiary or recipient of a special bequest, you will make a lasting impact on quail research and conservation.
For more information on planned gifts and how you can contribute to the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation, contact:
Dr. Ryan O’Shaughnessy
Executive Director
321-279-6506
The information on this website is not intended as legal or tax advice. For such advice, please consult an attorney or tax advisor.
Stock or Mutual Fund
A gift of stock or mutual fund shares is an easy way to make a lasting contribution to the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation with tax benefits to you. These benefits may include:
- Income tax savings—For stock or mutual fund shares held more than one year, you are entitled to a federal income tax charitable deduction for the fair market value of the stock at the time of donation. For stock or mutual fund shares held less than one year, you are entitled to a federal income tax charitable deduction for the lesser of cost basis or fair market value of the stock at the time of donation.
- Capital gains tax savings—For stock or mutual fund shares held more than one year, eliminate capital gains taxes, which could be up to 20%, that you would have incurred had you sold them.
- Conservation support—Provide crucial support to the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation at a lower cost than if you had made a gift of cash.
Stock or mutual fund shares can be used to fund outright gifts, gifts through living wills or trusts or establishing funds.
Prior to making a gift of stock or mutual fund shares, please notify the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation and provide the following information so that we can identify your gift and ensure it is properly transferred:
Your name
Number of shares
Name of the stock or fund
For more information, contact:
Dr. Ryan O’Shaughnessy
Executive Director
321-279-6506
Establish A Fund
Establishing a fund at the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation enables you to make a lasting impact on conserving wild quail.
Field of Interest Fund
A field of interest fund supports your specified area of quail research. In collaboration with RPQRF staff, you determine the purpose and scope of the fund at inception, and RQPRF utilizes the fund as a resource to execute research projects within that scope. RPQRF may also issue grants to other conservation organizations performing research within the fund’s stated purpose. A field of interest fund can accept additional contributions from other supporters, allowing your impact to extend beyond the scope of your original gift.
Donor-Advised Funds
Donor-advised funds are the fastest-growing charitable vehicles offered today. With a donor-advised fund, a donor establishes and contributes to an account generally in his or her name. The donor then recommends grants from the account to 501 (c)(3) charities, including the timing and amount of the grants. The “donate now, decide later” aspect of donor-advised funds allows you to make charitable contributions, receive immediate tax benefits and then recommend grants from the fund over time. A donor-advised funds can help you organize your charitable giving, integrate it with an overall financial plan, and benefit charities without heavy costs or administrative/tax reporting requirements.
Importantly, a donor-advised fund provides you with more involvement in the grant-making process and flexibility to support a variety of projects that matter to you most. You may recommend grants on your timetable, with no mandatory annual distribution requirement. Additionally, you can extend the impact of your contributions by appointing successor advisors.
Contributions of cash, appreciated securities, stocks, real estate and tangible assets are all acceptable ways to contribute to a donor-advised fund. And because the fund invests contributions, it has the potential to grow assets over time. This offers you the potential to grant more to charity. Donors recommend how contributions should be invested, typically choosing from a menu of mutual fund options or other professionally managed investments.
There are also many tax advantages associated with donor-advised funds. A donor who contributes appreciated assets will not be subject to capital gains tax on those assets and assets donated to the donor-advised fund grow tax-free. Contributions to donor-advised funds may also provide you with greater tax savings compared to contributing to a family foundation.
For more information on you can contribute to the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation, contact:
Dr. Ryan O’Shaughnessy
Executive Director
321-279-6506
The information on this website is not intended as legal or tax advice. For such advice, please consult an attorney or tax advisor.
Specific Equipment Needs
Executing our research on our ranch in Fisher County and in other counties across Texas requires many kinds of ranch equipment. We rely exclusively on support from private donors for these needs. If you would like to help, donations of new or used equipment are greatly appreciated.
Here’s our current list of needs:
| Item | Need |
| 4-Wheel drive pickup | Getting around on research ranch, providing technical assistance on other properties, hauling equipment |
| UTV | Transportation for Quail technicians while doing research on the ranch |
| Metal Shop | Storing equipment and working on equipment |
| Dozer | Dirt work on ranch roads, grubbing brush, clearing fencelines and creating fire guards |
| SUV | Provide trabsportation for staff to outreach events, research conferences, meetings |
Alternatively, monetary donations to help purchase equipment can be made here . RPQRF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation, so all donations (cash and in-kind) are tax deductible.
To learn more about our specific equipment needs, please contact:
Dr. Ryan O’Shaughnessy
Executive Director
321-279-6506
Sponsorship Opportunities
Technician Salary – $35,000 for one year
Field Day – $4,500 to cover costs (meals, drinks, travel, items), 3-4 Field days are hosted annually
Statewide Quail Symposium – $5,000 to cover general expenses of SQS
Quail Masters – $850 to sponsor a student to attend the biennial Quail Masters class.
To learn more about our sponsorship opportunities, please contact:
Dr. Ryan O’Shaughnessy
Executive Director
321-279-6506
