Sample Language for Your Will
Planning for the future and creating the legacy you wish to leave is one of the most effective ways to ensure a lasting impact. Making a gift in your will or living trust, known as a bequest, can guarantee that your legacy endures. Your gift may be a specific dollar amount, a percentage of your estate or the remainder after all other provisions are specified.
Below is suggested language to use when drafting your bequest.
“I give to Crossroads4Hope, a nonprofit corporation currently located at 3 Crossroads Drive, Bedminster, NJ 07921 or its successor thereto, ______ [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its unrestricted charitable use and purpose.”
To designate your provision for a particular purpose:
“I give to Crossroads4Hope, a nonprofit corporation currently located at 3 Crossroads Drive, Bedminster, NJ 07921, or its successor thereto, ______ [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property]. This gift should be used for (state purpose) if and so long as Crossroads4Hope determines that the need exists. If Crossroads4Hope, Inc. shall determine at the outset or at a later time that the need does not exist or no longer exists or for some reason it is not possible (or prudent)
to administer my gift as originally intended, then Crossroads4Hope may, in its sole and uncontrolled discretion, direct the use of my bequest for a purpose related as closely as possible to that stated above.”
