Creating a will is an essential part of securing your legacy and your family’s future. A gift by will, otherwise known as a bequest, can be any shape and any size. What matters is that your gift fits you and your unique family and financial circumstances. Over the years, bequests have provided St. Mark's with invaluable support in our mission to challenge students to develop their particular analytic and creative capabilities by both inspiring their academic and spiritual curiosity and kindling their passion for discovery.
Any Shape
With a charitable bequest you can specify an amount of money or a certain percentage of your estate and leave it to your executor to make the arrangements. Or you can leave a specific piece of property, such as a stamp collection or a piece of real estate. If you prefer, you can specify that your gift to St. Mark's is made only after all of your other bequests are paid. Or, if you are uncertain, you can even make your bequest gifts contingent on certain events occurring (or not occurring).
Any Size
Sometimes people think bequest gifts have to be very large or that they have to be rich to make one. Nothing could be further from the truth. St. Mark's has received bequest gifts of all sizes. Everything we achieve together in our community is made possible through philanthropy. Even modest sized gifts make a difference. What matters is that you pick the size that works for you and for your family.
If You Would Like to Remember St. Mark's in Your Will
Here is an example of bequest language which you can share with your attorney:
“I give to St. Mark's School of Southborough, Inc., 25 Marlboro Road, Southborough, MA 01772, a Massachusetts nonprofit corporation, or its successor, Federal Tax Identification Number 04-2103623 [insert here the exact dollar amount or percentage] for its general purposes.”
We Can Help
Please contact Stephanie Katz to learn how a charitable gift can match your goals, values, and create a lasting legacy at St. Mark's.