Planned Giving to the Children’s
Nature Retreat Foundation (CNRF)

Bequest in a Will or Trust

A bequest – a gift through your will or living trust – is the most common method of deferred charitable giving.
Through a bequest, you can direct specific assets, your entire estate or a percentage of your estate to The Children’s Nature Retreat Foundation. A specific bequest is the most basic type of bequest – it simply designates a fixed-dollar amount or specific property to a beneficiary. A residuary bequest designates that all or a certain percentage of your estate go to a beneficiary. Finally, you might also choose to make a contingent bequest – a bequest that is only carried out under certain circumstances. For example, if all other beneficiaries are deceased, the Foundation is a contingent beneficiary.

It is important to work with an attorney to draft or amend your will because it is a legal document.  We are available to work with you and your attorney to ensure your gift is directed to the purposes most important to you.

Suggested Language for a Bequest to CNRF in a Will or Trust

I hereby give to the Children’s Nature Retreat Foundation, a tax-exempt organization described under Subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, located in Alpine, California, the sum of

$____________________________________________________.

OR all my interests in the following described property:

_____________________________________________________.

OR ___________ percent or all of the residue of my estate, to be used for the benefit of the Children’s Nature Retreat Foundation.