Our hope is that you will be around to read our newsletter many years from now. But leaving a bequest to CSERC can provide a legacy of vital support that can benefit the scenic beauty, wildlife, and wild places of the Northern Yosemite region far into the future.
A bequest is simple and convenient.
You have a number of options. Since a will is an important legal document, you may wish to seek an attorney’s help to create your will or to adjust your current will to include a specific bequest for CSERC.
There are two basic types of bequests.
A Specific bequest is used to make a gift of a specific amount or specific assets such as real estate or securities.
A Residuary bequest is used to give all or a portion of the rest, residue, and remainder of your estate after payment of expenses and allocation of any specific amounts you have designated to other beneficiaries.
Including the Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center in your Will
Here are two examples of suggested bequest wording to provide a legacy of vital support. We encourage you to share your final will provision with CSERC to ensure that your wishes will be properly followed and recognized.
Percentage of estate for unrestricted purposes
I give, devise, and bequeath to the Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center, a not-for-profit organization located in Twain Harte, California, _____ percent (%) of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate as an unrestricted gift to be used at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center for the general purposes of protecting water, wildlife, and wild places of the Northern Yosemite region.
Specific amount for unrestricted purposes
I give, devise, and bequeath to the Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center, a not-for-profit organization located in Twain Harte, California, the sum of $___________in cash or in-kind (_____________shares of_______________stock or _____________) to be used at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center for the general purposes of protecting water, wildlife, and wild places of the Northern Yosemite region.
