Bequest Language
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.
Our federal tax ID number is: 84-1095741
Below is suggested language to use when drafting your bequest.
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PERCENTAGE OF ESTATE
Bequeath a percentage of your overall estate, which allows you to increase your gift as your assets increase without revising your will.
SAMPLE LANGUAGE: "I give, devise and bequeath to Colorado Horse Rescue (tax identification number 84-1095741), a charitable corporation organized under Colorado law in 1988, located at 10386 N. 65th St., Longmont, CO 80503, _______% of the rest and residue of my estate."
SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF ESTATE:
Give a specific dollar amount from your estate.
SAMPLE LANGUAGE: "I give and bequeath to Colorado Horse Rescue (tax identification number 84-1095741), a charitable corporation organized under Colorado law in 1988, located at 10386 N. 65th St., Longmont, CO 80503, the sum of $___________."
GIFT OF RESIDUARY ESTATE
Make a residual gift after other bequests are distributed.
SAMPLE LANGUAGE: "I give, devise and bequeath to Colorado Horse Rescue (tax identification number 84-1095741), a charitable corporation organized under Colorado law in 1988, located at 10386 N. 65th St., Longmont, CO 80503, the rest and residue of my estate."
We hope that you will let us know when you have named Colorado Horse Rescue in your trust or will so that we may thank you and include you in our Legacy Community. Please contact, Bill Friedeman at (720) 494-1414 ext. 2204 or bfriedeman@chr.org.