Bequests
The Gift That Lives On
You can create a permanent legacy by deciding to leave a bequest to the Richmond Jewish Foundation of a specific amount of cash, a percentage of your estate or the remainder of your estate, in your will or living trust. You may make a gift as large or as small as you'd like. You may choose to make a gift of cash, securities, or other property–and your estate will receive a tax deduction in the amount of your charitable bequest. If you have already drafted your will, your attorney can help you arrange a charitable bequest with a simple amendment, or codicil. You can use the following language to create a charitable bequest in your will:
UNRESTRICTED BEQUESTS:
Provide income for the Jewish community each year in perpetuity by making a general bequest:
I bequeath $_______ (or _____% of my residuary estate) to the Richmond Jewish Foundation, Richmond, Virginia, for its general purposes.
FIELD OF INTEREST BEQUESTS:
Create an endowment to make yearly contributions in perpetuity for a Field of Interest Fund:
I bequeath $_______ (or _____% of my residuary estate) to the Richmond Jewish Foundation, Richmond, Virginia, to be used to endow the following field of interest: __________ (such as charitable needs in Israel, Jewish education, seniors, children, community relations, tolerance, women's philanthropy, athletics, capital projects, etc.)
SPECIAL PURPOSES:
Support a specific agency or cause of interest to you every year, in perpetuity, with a designated bequest to establish an endowment fund:
I give $________ (or ______% of my residuary estate) to the Richmond Jewish Foundation, Richmond, Virginia, to be added to and administered as part of an endowment fund to support the following agency: ___________ (e.g. Temple Beth El, Beth Sholom Campus, Congregation Beth Ahabah, Hadassah, Jewish Family Services, Weinstein JCC, Rudlin Torah Academy, Virginia Holocaust Museum, etc.) or cause of interest (e.g., Genesis Fund, scholarships, Israeli Scouts program, Perpetual Annual Campaign Endowment for UJA Jewish Welfare Campaign, summer camp.)