Sample Language for Your Will or Trust

If you intend to make an outright bequest for a specific purpose, such as to support technology or counseling resources:

“I, [name], of [city, state, ZIP], give, devise and bequeath to Heifer Foundation (or Heifer International) [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its charitable purposes, including but not limited to ___________ use and purpose.”

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If you wish to make a contingency gift, so that Heifer Foundation or Heifer International will receive a portion of your estate if your named beneficiary does not survive you:

“If any of the beneficiaries named in this will should die before becoming entitled to receive their distributive share of my estate, I direct my trustee to pay or transfer the share to which such beneficiary would otherwise be entitled, to the Heifer Foundation (or Heifer International) for its unrestricted use and purpose.”

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