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 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.
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Below is suggested language to use when drafting your bequest.
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For an unrestricted gift that allows the National MS Society to determine how to use the funds based on the most pressing needs, use the following language for your will and/or trust:
"I give to National Multiple Sclerosis Society, a nonprofit corporation currently located at 733 Third Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10017, or its successor thereto, _________ [specific amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its unrestricted charitable use and purpose."
To designate your provision for a particular purpose:
"I give to National Multiple Sclerosis Society, a nonprofit corporation currently located at 733 Third Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10017, or its successor thereto, _________ [specific amount or percentage of the estate or description of property]. The gift should be used for (state purpose as: MS research, MS advocacy or MS programming) if and so long as National Multiple Sclerosis Society determines that the need exists. If National Multiple Sclerosis Society shall determine at the outset or at a later time that the need does not exist, or no longer exists or for some reason it is not possible (or prudent) to administer my gift as originally intended, then National Multiple Sclerosis Society may, in its sole and uncontrolled discretion, direct the use of my bequest for a purpose related as closely as possible to that stated above."
Gifts of real estate by will:
"I direct my [executor or trustee] to sell my real property located at [address] as soon as reasonably possible upon my passing and to distribute the proceeds of the sale to National Multiple Sclerosis Society."
If you have named the National MS Society in your will or trust, please let us know so we can ensure that your gift is used according to your wishes. Notifying us of your plans will enable us to plan for the use of your future gift. However, if you prefer to remain anonymous, we will keep your name and gift in strict confidence.
Please contact giftplanning@nmss.org for more information.