Bequest Language

Sample Wording for Bequests to Allegheny

If you would like to remember Allegheny through a bequest, it is very important that this estate gift be correctly worded. The following samples provide language to record your wishes in your will. The Office of Gift Planning is available to work with you and your attorney in planning an estate gift to the College so that your intentions are fully understood and carried out.

A Gift for Unrestricted/Restricted Purposes: I give $ ________ or ________ % of my disposable estate to Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, a not-for-profit organization, organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to be used without restrictions or to be used for [specify purpose here].

A Gift for Endowment—Unrestricted/Restricted Purposes: I give $ ________ or ________ % of my disposable estate to Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, a not-for-profit organization, organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to be added to the College endowment to be used without restrictions or to be added to the College endowment to establish the [specify fund's name here] fund.

A Gift of the Residue of the Estate—Unrestricted/Restricted Purposes: I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder or ______% of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, wherever situate, owned by me at my death to Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, a not-for-profit organization, organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to be used without restrictions or to be used for [specify purpose here].

Please contact Melissa Mencotti in the Gift Planning Office at 814-332-5912 or melissa.mencotti@allegheny.edu if you would like more information about including Allegheny in your will.