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Bequest

A charitable bequest is one of the easiest ways you can leave a lasting impact at California Baptist University.

A bequest may be made in your will or trust directing a gift to California Baptist University.

Charitable Bequest
Property
Donor's Family
CBU

Benefits of Your Bequest

  • Receive an estate tax charitable deduction.
  • Lessen the burden of taxes on your family.
  • Leave a lasting legacy.

How Do You Make a Bequest?

A bequest is one of the easiest gifts to make. With the help of an advisor, you can include language in your will or trust specifying a gift to be made to family, friends or California Baptist University as part of your estate plan.

Click Here to review sample bequest language.

Your Bequest Options

A bequest may be made in several ways:

  • Gift of a percentage of your estate.
  • Gift of a specific dollar amount or asset.
  • Gift from the balance or residue of your estate.

Making a Bequest of Your Retirement Assets

A retirement asset, such as an IRA account, makes an excellent bequest to us. If the IRA were given to your family, much of the value may be lost through estate and income taxes. By designating California Baptist University as the beneficiary of all or part of your IRA (using a beneficiary designation form provided by your custodian), the full value of the gift is transferred tax-free at your death and your estate receives an estate tax charitable deduction.

Contact us

Please contact us if you have any questions about how to make a bequest to California Baptist University or to request any additional information that might be helpful to you and your attorney as you consider making a bequest to us.

Please let us know if you have already included a gift to California Baptist University in your will or trust. We would like to thank you and recognize you for your gift.

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