Bequest Language
Planning for the future and creating the legacy you wish to leave is one of the most effective ways to ensure a lasting impact. Making a gift in your will or living trust, known as a bequest, can guarantee that your legacy endures. Your gift may be a specific dollar amount, a percentage of your estate or the remainder after all other provisions are specified.
Our federal tax ID number is: 45-0368330
Below is suggested language to use when drafting your bequest or you can download the bequest language.
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For an unrestricted gift that allows Altru Health Foundation to determine how to use the funds based on the most pressing needs, use the following language for your will and/or trust:
"I hereby give, devise and bequeath to Altru Health Foundation, nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, IRS ID #45-0368330, located at 2501 Demers Avenue, Grand Forks, ND 58201, the sum of $ _________ , for its general purposes. This is an unrestricted gift and may be used to further the purpose and objectives of Altru Health Foundation."
To designate your provision for a particular purpose:
"I hereby give, devise and bequeath to Altru Health Foundation, nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, IRS ID #45-0368330, located at 2501 Demers Avenue, Grand Forks, ND 58201, the sum of $ _________1, to be used to support [state purpose]. If in the judgment of the Altru Health Foundation Board of Directors it becomes impossible to accomplish the purposes of this gift, it may be used for such related purposes and in such manner as determined by its board of directors."
1 Rather than a specific sum, a percentage of the estate or a description of the specific property (e.g., 100 shares of ABC stock) may be substituted.
If you have named Altru Health Foundation in your will or trust, please let us know so we can ensure that your gift is used according to your wishes. Notifying us of your plans will enable us to plan for the use of your future gift. However, if you prefer to remain anonymous, we will keep your name and gift in strict confidence.
Please contact Altru Health Foundation at 701.780.5600 or foundation@altru.org for more information.