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: 23-7099379

Below is suggested language to use when drafting your bequest.

Sample Language

For an unrestricted gift that allows Appalachian State University Foundation to determine how to use the funds based on the most pressing needs, please consider using the following language for your will and/or trust:

"I give to Appalachian State University Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit corporation currently located at 553 Blowing Rock Rd., Boone, NC 28607, EIN 23-7099379, or its successor thereto, _________ [written amount or percentage of the estate/trust or description of property]. It is my desire that this gift be directed to the highest and best use of Appalachian State University."

To designate your provision for a particular purpose:

"I give to Appalachian State University Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit corporation currently located at 553 Blowing Rock Rd., Boone, NC 28607, EIN 23-7099379, or its successor thereto, _________ [written amount or percentage of the estate/trust or description of property]. It is my desire that this gift be used for (state purpose). If Appalachian State University Foundation, Inc. determines at the outset that the need does not exist, or at a later time determines that the need no longer exists, or for some reason it is not possible (or prudent) to administer my gift as originally intended, then Appalachian State University Foundation, Inc. may, in its sole discretion, direct the use of my bequest for a purpose related as closely as possible to that stated above."