Planned Giving
Do you value the education provided by Signal Hill since 1896? Would you like to support Signal Hill’s work in education into the future?
Consider making a planned gift to the Signal Hill Education Foundation through your will.
Planned Giving is especially important at Signal Hill School because your support and your legacy will live on through the success of future generations.
How It Works
- You include a bequest provision in your will or revocable trust
- At your death the Signal Hill Education Foundation receives the bequest you specified
Benefits
- You may change your bequest at any time
- You control the property funding the bequest during your lifetime
- Your bequest will not be subject to any potential federal estate tax
- You provide future support for the Signal Hill Education Foundation
SUGGESTED BEQUEST WORDING
A bequest is simple and convenient. You have a number of options.
You can make a bequest for a specific dollar amount or for a percentage of your estate. You can designate your bequest for general use or you can restrict its use. Many individuals establish endowments that honor the memory of a family member or another loved one. These endowments live forever since only the income is used annually. Since a will is an important legal document you should seek an attorney’s help. To assist you with this important process, we offer some suggested bequest wording below.
Following are some examples of various types of bequests:
Specific bequests are used to make a gift of a specific dollar amount or specific assets, such as securities, real estate, or personal property.
Residuary bequests are used to give all or a portion of the rest, residue, and remainder of your estate after payment of expenses and any specific amounts designated to other beneficiaries.
The following includes several examples of suggested bequest wording to benefit the Signal Hill Education Foundation.
Each individual situation is unique and, therefore, these examples include only some of the possible gift opportunities. We encourage you to share your final will provision with The Signal Hill Education Foundation to ensure that your wishes will be properly followed and recognized.
Percentage of estate for unrestricted purposes
I give, devise, and bequeath to The Signal Hill Education Foundation, a not-for-profit organization located in Belleville, Illinois, _____ percent (%) of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate as an unrestricted gift to be used at the discretion of the Board of The Signal Hill Education Foundation for the general purposes of The Signal Hill Education Foundation, located in Belleville, Illinois.
Percentage of estate for specific purposes with an endowment provision
I give, devise, and bequeath to The Signal Hill Education Foundation, a not-for-profit organization located in Belleville, Illinois, _____ percent (%) of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate to establish the ____________________ENDOWED FUND. The principal of this fund shall be invested as part of The Signal Hill Education Foundation’s permanent endowment and in accordance with its policies. The income therefrom is to be used by The Signal Hill Education Foundation, located in Belleville, Illinois, for____________________________________. Contributions may be added to the fund at any time.
If changed circumstances should at some future time make it impractical to continue using the income from the Fund for the purpose designated, then The Signal Hill Education Foundation Board of Trustees may redesignate the purpose for which the Fund’s income may be distributed, provided that the Fund shall continue to bear the name ________________ ENDOWED FUND and that the amended terms shall adhere as closely as possible to my original intent.
Specific amount for unrestricted purposes
I give, devise, and bequeath to The Signal Hill Education Foundation, a not-for-profit organization located in Belleville, Illinois, the sum of $_______ in cash or in-kind (or ________ shares of ________stock) to be used at the discretion of the Board of Trustees of The Signal Hill Education Foundation for the general purposes of The Signal Hill Education Foundation and its related entities.
Specific amount for specific purposes
I give, devise, and bequeath to The Signal Hill Education Foundation, a not-for-profit organization located in Belleville, Illinois, the sum of $_______ in cash or in-kind (or ________ shares of ________stock) to be used for __________________________________________ at The Signal Hill Education Foundation.
If changed circumstances should at some future time make it impractical to continue using the income from the Fund for the purpose designated, then The Signal Hill Education Foundation Board may redesignate the purpose to adhere as closely as possible to my original intent.
To assist you with your plans, The Signal Hill Education Foundation can provide sample language for the program or area you wish to support. This confidential service is available to you without obligation.
Designating the purpose of a bequest:
Unrestricted: The most useful type of bequest is unrestricted, allowing the funds to be allocated by The Signal Hill Education Foundation wherever the need is greatest.
Restricted: You may designate your bequest to support a special program or purpose that reflects your personal or professional interest (for example: scholarships, faculty research and development, or library acquisitions).
If the bequest is restricted to a specific purpose, it is important that the following wording be added at the end of the provision. This will ensure that, in the remote possibility a field of study or specified purpose may cease to need funds in the future, an alternate use for the bequest may be determined.
“… for so long as the Board of The Signal Hill Education Foundation determines that the need exists. Should the need no longer exist, said Board of Trustees may, in its sole discretion, direct the use of my bequest for a purpose related as closely as possible to that stated above.”
