Planned Giving and Bequests

Gifts through your Will or Living Trust

As a special friend of Brigade you may choose a bequest in your will or living trust as your ultimate charitable gift to help continue the programs you have been supporting over your lifetime. Your will or trust document is an important part of an effective estate plan. It provides for a clear and specific understanding as to how you want to transfer your assets to those you love and to those charitable organizations that you have been committed to during your life.

Sample Language

Once you’ve determined that you would like to make a bequest to Brigade, the following sample charitable bequest language can be used in your will or revocable living trust:

An Unrestricted Bequest:

"I give, devise and bequeath to the Boys’ & Girls’ Brigade (federal tax ID number), located at 109 W. Columbian Avenue, P.O. Box 665, Neenah, Wisconsin 54956-0665, the sum of $_____ or ____% or real or personal property herein described, to be used for the general purpose of the organization, at the discretion of its Board of Directors."

A Restricted Bequest: (to support a particular program or area of interest to you)

A Residuary Bequest: (which leaves any remaining assets from your estate after all other obligations have been met)

"I give, devise and bequeath to the Boys’ & Girls’ Brigade (federal tax ID number), located at 109 W. Columbian Avenue, P.O. Box 665, Neenah, Wisconsin 54957-0665, all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal, of every kind of description, wherever situated and whether now owned or hereafter acquired, including any property with respect to which I may have power of appointment.

If you have remembered Brigade in a similar way, please notify Brigade today at (920) 725-3983.