Bequest
(Sample language)

Thank you for your desire to reach others for Jesus Christ as you plan your charitable estate distributions. We praise God and are deeply honored with your intent to remember IN TOUCH as one of the causes worthy of your support. The IN TOUCH FOUNDATION, INC. is the support foundation for IN TOUCH MINISTRIES and processes all gifts to In Touch Ministries from estates and other non-cash gifts. Our federal tax ID number is 58-2054582.

Below is a list of some possible methods for including IN TOUCH in your estate plan and sample wording that your legal counsel may use when drafting your planning documents. Depending on how you wish to remember IN TOUCH, we make the following suggestions:

• Specific Bequest (outright gift): “I give, devise, and bequeath the sum/percentage of_______ from my estate to IN TOUCH FOUNDATION, INC., a not-for-profit corporation located in Atlanta, Georgia, for its corporate uses and purposes.”
• Donor Advised Fund (Bequest to be distributed by IN TOUCH FOUNDATION, INC. to In Touch Ministries and/or other Christian ministries): “I give, devise and bequeath the sum/percentage of _________ from my estate to the (i.e. “ ‘ Name of Donor’ Memorial Fund or Great Commission Fund”) of IN TOUCH FOUNDATION, INC., a not-for-profit corporation located in Atlanta, Georgia." Name for your fund in your legal documents must correspond to the name on the agreement you will sign with IN TOUCH. A memorandum of request specifying the churches, ministries, and/or other Christian institutions will be filed with IN TOUCH FOUNDATION, INC. Such a memorandum may be revised during the donor’s lifetime.
• Contingent Interest Clause: “I give, devise, and bequeath to (name of person) the sum/percentage of ________in the event he/she survives me. Should (person named) predecease me, I give, devise, and bequeath said sum/percentage to IN TOUCH FOUNDATION, INC., a not-for-profit corporation located in Atlanta, Georgia, for its corporate uses and purposes.”
• Testamentary Gift Annuity (Life income agreement): “I give to IN TOUCH FOUNDATION INC., a not-for-profit corporation located in Atlanta, Georgia, the sum/percentage of _______. In consideration of such, IN TOUCH FOUNDATION, INC. shall pay to (name of individual) for as long as he/she shall live, an annuity computed at IN TOUCH FOUNDATION, INC.’s annuity rates in effect at the time of my death for an annuitant of same age as (person named). Should (person named) die before the annuity is established, said amount shall pass as a gift to IN TOUCH FOUNDATION, INC. and shall be used by the Board of Trustees of the foundation to carry out its objectives and purposes.”
• Residuary Clause: (Remainder of estate) “All the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, both real and personal, wherever situated, I give, devise, and bequeath to IN TOUCH FOUNDATION, INC., a not-for-profit corporation located in Atlanta, Georgia, for its corporate uses and purposes.” Used when no personal beneficiaries are named or when all other personal beneficiaries predecease you either through natural causes or by common disaster.
• Public Notice: (for newspaper or funeral home) “In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be given to the ministry of IN TOUCH through the IN TOUCH FOUNDATION, INC., 3836 DeKalb Technology Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia 30340. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.” The funeral home may use the above address to print appropriate envelopes for use at family visitation times and at the memorial service. They should also instruct people making gifts to include a note identifying those being remembered.

We hope this information is helpful to you and your planners. As soon as your legal documents are drafted and signed, please forward a copy of the distribution section to us so that Dr. Stanley may properly acknowledge and thank you for your kind intention.

In Touch Foundation
3836 DeKalb Technology Parkway
Atlanta,GA 30340
800-967-2200 | Fax: 770-936-6396
Foundation@InTouch.org

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