National Church Residences Foundation's Bequest Language

An excellent way for you to create a lasting legacy is to leave us a bequest in your will, trust or codicil. One significant benefit of making a gift by bequest is that it allows you to continue to use the property you will leave to charity during your life.

Sample Bequest Language

1. Specified amount: I give the sum of $________________ to National Church Residences Foundation, located at 2335 North Bank Drive, Columbus, OH, 43220, Tax ID # 20-2308665, or its successor, for its general purposes or as further designated by me in writing to the Foundation.

2. Specified percentage: I give _____ percent ( ___%) of my estate to National Church Residences Foundation, located at 2335 N. Bank Dr., Columbus, OH, 43220, Tax ID # 20-2308665, or its successor, for its general purposes or as further designated by me in writing to the Foundation.

3. Specified assets: I give the property described as [insert property description] to National Church Residences Foundation, located at 2335 N. Bank Dr., Columbus, OH, 43220, Tax ID # 20-2308665, or its successor, for its general purposes or as further designated by me in writing to the Foundation.

4. Entire balance of the estate: I give all of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate to National Church Residences Foundation, located at 2335 N. Bank Dr., Columbus, OH, 43220, Tax ID # 20-2308665, or its successor, for its general purposes or as further designated by me in writing to the Foundation.

Restricted Gifts

If you would like to designate your gift to benefit a specific National Church Residences community, you may provide as follows:

I give [specified amount, percentage, assets, or residue of estate] to National Church Residences Foundation, located at 2335 N. Bank Dr., Columbus, OH, 43220, Tax ID # 20-2308665, or its successor, to be used for the benefit of [specified community] or as further designated by me in writing to the Foundation.

If you would like to further restrict the purposes of your gift, please contact us to make sure that we are able to honor your intentions. Please include the following language with restricted gifts to allow flexibility in the future if your gift may no longer be used for the stated purposes:

If the Board of Directors of National Church Residences Foundation (or its successor) determines that it is unable to use this gift for such purposes, the Foundation (or its successor) may use the gift for the purposes that its Board of Directors shall determine in its sole discretion to be the most practicable and closely related to the original restricted purpose provided for the gift.

Contact Us

Please contact us if you have any questions about how to make a bequest to National Church Residences Foundation or to request any additional information that might be helpful to you and your attorney as you consider making a bequest to us.

If you have included a bequest for National Church Residences Foundation in your estate plan, please contact us to let us know. We would like to thank you and recognize you for your gift.