Naming Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports a Beneficiary of Your Will or Trust

A common and simple way of supporting Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports is by making a provision in your will or trust.

Your will designates your beneficiaries and spells out your final wishes. The beneficiaries would include your heirs, of course, but many people include provisions for charitable organizations as well. It is our hope that you will consider including Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports in your plans.

The following suggested forms of bequests are examples that can be adapted by you and your attorney to meet your specific intentions.

Specific Bequest
A specific bequest names a particular dollar amount to be left to Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports.

“I give and bequeath to Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports, a Vermont non-profit corporation, Tax ID number 74-2472938, with offices at 77 Alpine Drive, P.O. Box 139, Killington, VT 05751, the sum of $ ___________ to be used for the general purposes of the organization (or to be used for a specific purpose such as support for youth or alpine activities).”

Percentage Bequest
A percentage bequest names a percentage of your estate to be left to Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports.

“I give and bequeath to Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, a Vermont non-profit corporation, Tax ID number 74-2472938, with offices at 77 Alpine Drive, P.O. Box 139, Killington, VT 05751, ________% of my estate, to be used for the general purposes of the organization (or to be used for a specific purpose such as support for youth or alpine activities).”

Residuary Bequest
A residuary bequest first leaves specific amounts to family members, friends, or other charities, and then designates that all or part of what remains should go to Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports.

“I give and bequeath to Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, a Vermont non-profit corporation, Tax ID number 74-2472938, with offices at 77 Alpine Drive, P.O. Box 139, Killington, VT 05751, all (or stated percentage of) the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate to be used for the general purposes of the organization (or to be used for a specific purpose such as such as support for youth or alpine activities).”

Contingent Bequest
A contingent bequest names Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports to receive part or all of your estate in the event your designated beneficiary or beneficiaries predecease you.

You might insert in your will language such as the following:

“If any beneficiary named in this will is not living at my decease, then I give and bequeath to Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, a Vermont non-profit corporation, Tax ID number 74-2472938, with offices at 77 Alpine Drive, P.O. Box 139, Killington, VT 05751, any bequest which said beneficiary would have received if he or she had survived me.”

If you have any questions, please contact Erin Fernandez, Executive Director, at director@vermontadaptive.org or (802) 786-4991 ext. 21.