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Making a gift in your will or with a beneficiary designation?
Here is the language you’ll need to use.
PLANNED GIVING: Examples of Will and Trust language for monetary gifts to Sayre School
This version is for an unrestricted bequest (bequest is a term used in a Will for other-than-real-property; real property is a devise):
Specific Bequest. I hereby give and bequeath the sum of ___________________ [spell the dollar amount e.g. Ten Thousand Dollars followed by the amount in numerals in parenthesis e.g. ($10,000.00)], to Sayre School, an IRS 501(c)(3) organization, located at 194 N Limestone, Lexington, KY 40507, Tax Identification Number 61-0449657, contact Director of Advancement (859) 254-1361 or develop@sayreschool.org, for such uses and purposes as its governing board shall deem necessary and advisable.
This version is for a restricted bequest, namely a bequest to Sayre’s permanent endowment
Specific Bequest. I hereby give and bequeath the sum of ___________________ [spell the dollar amount e.g. Ten Thousand Dollars followed by the amount in numerals in parenthesis e.g. ($10,000.00)], to the permanent restricted endowment of Sayre School, an IRS 501(c)(3) organization, located at 194 N Limestone, Lexington, KY 40507, Tax Identification Number 61-0449657, contact Director of Advancement (859) 254-1361 or develop@sayreschool.org.
This is an example of what a completed provision in a Last Will would look like
Specific Bequest. I hereby give and bequeath the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) to the permanent restricted endowment of Sayre School, an IRS 501(c)(3) organization, located at 194 N Limestone, Lexington, KY 40507, Tax Identification Number 61-0449657, contact Director of Advancement (859) 254-1361 or develop@sayreschool.org.
This is an example of a Distribution from a Trust to Sayre School
Cash Distribution to Sayre School. The sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) shall be distributed to the permanent restricted endowment of Sayre School, an IRS 501(c)(3) organization, located at 194 N Limestone, Lexington, KY 40507, Tax Identification Number 61-0449657, contact Director of Advancement (859) 254-1361 or develop@sayreschool.org.