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Wills and Living Trusts
You can make a gift (bequest) to a charitable organization through your will or living trust in the following ways:
A percentage of your total estate - in using this approach, your gift adjusts with changes in the size of your estate.
The residue or a percentage of the residue of your estate - after your specific gifts to loved ones have been made, you may designate that the entire residue or a percentage of the remainder shall go to one or more charitable organizations.
A gift of a specific amount - you specify a dollar amount to be given to one or more charitable organizations. With this kind of gift, it is especially important to keep your will or trust up-to-date.
Sample bequest language for your attorney:
"I give [________% of my estate] [the residue of my estate] [___% of the residue of my estate] [$________] to The WNED Foundation, Inc. for its general uses and purposes in support of WNED."
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