Bequest Options

For PC users: To print out this page, click CTRL and P together.

The following is a description of different bequests types along with sample language using the legal name of the Foundation.

Residuary Bequest: A gift of all or a portion of what remains in your estate after other specific gifts are made.

“I give ___% of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate to the Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation, a charitable corporation located in New York, NY for its general charitable purposes.”

Specific Bequest: A gift of a specific sum of money, shares of stock, real estate or personal property.

“I give the sum of $ ___ (or insert description of asset) to the Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation, a charitable corporation located in New York, NY for its general charitable purposes.”

Contingent Bequest: A gift that takes place upon a certain condition such as the death of a primary beneficiary.

“If any of the above named beneficiaries should predecease me, I give his or her share of my estate to the Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation, a charitable corporation located in New York, NY for its general charitable purposes.”