Bequest Language

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 living 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.

Our federal tax ID number is: 38-1366931

Below is suggested language to use when drafting your bequest.

Sample Language

For an unrestricted gift that allows Leader Dogs for the Blind 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 Leader Dogs for the Blind, a nonprofit corporation currently located at 1039 S. Rochester Road Rochester Hills, MI 48307, or its successor thereto, _________ [written amount] for its unrestricted charitable use and purpose."

To designate a percentage of your estate or a percentage of the remainder of your estate:

"I divise _____________ (written percentage of the estate) of my estate to Leader Dogs for the Blind, a nonprofit corporation currently located at 1039 S. Rochester Road Rochester Hills, MI 48307."

If you have named Leader Dogs for the Blind 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 Lora Cabarios at 248.650.7109 or lora.cabarios@leaderdog.org for more information.