WHY CONSIDER A BEQUEST?
Your estate plan is the capstone of your legacy. It should reflect the priorities that have ordered your life: family, faith, community and the causes most important to you.
By including a charitable bequest to our ministries in your will or living trust, you help to extend the impact of the work you care about to future generations.
Just as importantly, a bequest amplifies and cements your legacy of generosity. It distinguishes you as caring neighbor who recognizes that "you can't take it with you" and who is resolved to leave the world a better place than you found it.
HOW TO MAKE A BEQUEST
We have partnered with FreeWill to make it easy for you to make a new or updated will or living trust which is legal in all 50 states. You can complete the will or living trust online in as little as 20 minutes. To make it binding, you simply need to print it and sign it in front of two witnesses.
FreeWill also makes it easy to create an advance health directive (living will) and to appoint a financial power of attorney.
Click here to get started on your will or living trust.
If your estate is particularly large or complicated, you can use FreeWill to create the documents, then take them to an attorney to review and revise.
If you already have a will or living trust and prefer to amend that, consult your attorney on the best way to do so.
BEQUEST OPTIONS
Bequests can be for a certain dollar amount, for certain assets, for a percentage of the entire estate, or for a percentage of the remainder of the estate after other parties have been paid.
Bequests can also be contingent. For example, if you want to ensure that a certain relative is cared for in the event that you predecease them, your charitable bequest can be contingent on the relative predeceasing you.
NOTIFY US OF A BEQUEST
If you have already included a provision to us in your estate plan, please take a moment to fill out this form directing us how to use your gift and how you'd like to be recognized. You're free to share as much or as little information as you want to.
ALTERNATIVES TO A BEQUEST
If you don't want to change your existing will or trust but do want to direct certain assets to charity upon your death, you can name us as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, bank, retirement savings or brokerage account. Contact your financial institution for a beneficiary designation form. Many institutions make these available on their website.