The most common planned gift is a bequest through your will or living trust. You can arrange a gift of a specific amount, a percentage of your estate, or even all or part of the residuary of your estate. If you would like to make such a gift to PrideRock Wildlife Refuge, your attorney may wish to include language similar to the following:

“I give, devise, and bequeath to PrideRock Wildlife Refuge, now or formerly at 17194 County Road 329, Terrell, TX 75161, (dollar amount or __ percent of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate), to be used for its general purposes.

Gifts Through Life Insurance or Retirement Plan Beneficiary Designations

Naming PrideRock Wildlife Refuge as the beneficiary of your life insurance policy or retirement plan is a simple and smart way to provide for PrideRock . It may also benefit your heirs through avoidance of substantial income and estate taxes.

To create a legacy for PrideRock through a beneficiary designation, you may:
• Name PrideRock Wildlife Refuge as beneficiary of a retirement fund
• Name PrideRock Wildlife Refuge as beneficiary of an insurance policy

Retirement Plans

Retirement plan assets are among the best assets to use for charitable gifts. You can create a legacy by naming PrideRock Wildlife Refuge as beneficiary or contingent beneficiary of an IRA, 401 (k), 403 (b), Keogh account, or other qualified retirement plan. Upon your death, all or a portion of the unused balance in your account is transferred to PrideRock as a charitable gift.

When a retirement account is left to a charity, the organization does not pay the income tax otherwise due if left to a friend or non-spouse family member. To make such a gift requires merely completing a change of beneficiary form, which may be obtained from the plan administrator.