Bequest Language

Presbyterian Hospital Foundation
SUGGESTED BEQUEST WORDING

A bequest is simple and convenient. You have a number of options.

You can make a bequest for a specific dollar amount or for a percentage of your estate. You can designate your bequest for general use or you can restrict its use. Many individuals establish endowments that honor the memory of a family member or another loved one. These endowments live forever since only the income is used annually. Since a will is an important legal document you should seek an attorney's help. To assist you with this important process we offer some suggested bequest wording below.

To discuss making a bequest or for assistance in drafting language, please contact us.

Specific bequests are used to make a gift of a specific dollar amount or specific assets, such as securities, real estate, or personal property.

Residuary bequests are used to give all or a portion of the rest, residue, and remainder of your estate after payment of expenses and any specific amounts designated to other beneficiaries.

Including one of the Presbyterian Hospitals in your will

The following includes several examples of suggested bequest wording to benefit Presbyterian patients.

Each individual situation is unique and, therefore, these examples include only some of the possible gift opportunities. We encourage you to share your final will provision with the Presbyterian Hospital Foundation to ensure that your wishes will be properly followed and recognized.

Percentage of estate for unrestricted purposes

I give, devise, and bequeath to Presbyterian Hospital Foundation, a not-for-profit organization located in Charlotte, North Carolina, _____ percent (%) of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate as an unrestricted gift to be used at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Presbyterian Hospital Foundation for the general purposes of Presbyterian Healthcare, located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Percentage of estate for specific purposes with an endowment provision

I give, devise, and bequeath to Presbyterian Hospital Foundation, a not-for-profit organization located in Charlotte, North Carolina, _____ percent (%) of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate to establish the ____________________ENDOWED FUND. The principal of this fund shall be invested as part of Presbyterian Hospital Foundation's permanent endowment and in accordance with Foundation policies. The income therefrom is to be used by Presbyterian Healthcare, located in Charlotte, North Carolina, for____________________________________ (or to support patient care, education, or research). Contributions may be added to the fund at any time.

If changed circumstances should at some future time make it impractical to continue using the income from the Fund for the purpose designated, then the Foundation Board of Directors may redesignate the purpose for which the Fund's income may be distributed, provided that the Fund shall continue to bear the name ________________ ENDOWED FUND and that the amended terms shall adhere as closely as possible to my original intent.

Specific amount for unrestricted purposes

I give, devise, and bequeath to Presbyterian Hospital Foundation, a not-for-profit organization located in Charlotte, North Carolina, the sum of $_______ in cash or in-kind (or ________ shares of ________stock) to be used at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Presbyterian Hospital Foundation for the general purposes of Presbyterian Healthcare and its related entities.

Specific amount for specific purposes

I give, devise, and bequeath to Presbyterian Hospital Foundation, a not-for-profit organization located in Charlotte, North Carolina, the sum of $_______ in cash or in-kind (or ________ shares of ________stock) to be used for __________________________________________ at Presbyterian Hospital (Main, Matthews, Orthopaedics, Huntersville).

If changed circumstances should at some future time make it impractical to continue using the income from the Fund for the purpose designated, then the Foundation Board of Directors may redesignate the purpose to adhere as closely as possible to my original intent.

To assist you with your plans, the Foundation can provide sample language for the program or area you wish to support. This confidential service is available to you without obligation.

Designating the purpose of a bequest:

Unrestricted: The most useful type of bequest is unrestricted, allowing the funds to be allocated by Presbyterian Hospital wherever the need is greatest.

Restricted: You may designate your bequest to support a special program or purpose that reflects your personal or professional interest.

If the bequest is restricted to a specific purpose, it is important that the following wording be added at the end of the provision. This will ensure that, in the remote possibility a field of study or specified purpose may cease to need funds in the future, an alternate use for the bequest may be determined.

Designation of the use of the funds bequeathed (devised, in the case of real property) can, or should be, as detailed as is felt necessary to describe adequately the desired use and purpose of the bequest.