One of the most popular and easiest ways to make a planned gift is to include Museum of Glass in your will or revocable living trust. If you have already drafted a will, your attorney may add the Museum as a beneficiary through a simple amendment called a codicil. Similarly, a gift provision for MOG may be added to a revocable trust agreement.

There are several ways for you to remember MOG in your will or trust:

• You may name the Museum as a specific beneficiary, stating a fixed dollar amount or a percentage of your estate that you wish to leave MOG
• You may name MOG as a remainder beneficiary, providing for the museum to receive assets from your estate after all your specific beneficiaries have received their assets.
• Your gift may also be contingent, so that assets go to the Museum if someone named as a beneficiary does not survive you.

In addition to cash, you can bequeath securities, real estate, art, and other forms of personal property. A bequest can be made for the general benefit of the Museum or for the benefit of a particular department or program.

If you decide to designate your gift for anything other than general use, we strongly encourage you to contact Rosanne Nichols, Director of Advancement at 253.284.2131 or rnichols@museumofglass.org in advance. This will enable us to work with you to ensure that we are able to accommodate your wishes.

How to Make a Bequest: Useful Language

The appropriate way of naming the Museum as a beneficiary is Museum of Glass. The provisions in your will or trust for making a gift to MOG will depend on the type of gift and your personal circumstances. We hope that the following language will be helpful to you and your attorney.

Unrestricted Bequest

I give (the sum of ___ dollars), (all or ____ percent of the residue of my estate), to Museum of Glass, 1801 Dock Street, Tacoma, WA, 98402, for its general purposes.

Restricted Bequest

I give (the sum of ___ dollars), (all or ____ percent of the residue of my estate), to Museum of Glass, 1801 Dock Street, Tacoma, WA, 98402, in support of (your choice of program). If at any time, in the judgment of the Trustees of Museum of Glass, the designated use of this bequest is no longer practicable or appropriate, then the Trustees shall use the bequest to further the general purposes of the museum, giving consideration where possible to my special interest as described above.

For more information contact Rosanne Nichols, Director of Advancement at 253.284.2131 or rnichols@museumofglass.org.

This information is of a general nature. Advice from your own legal and tax counsel should be sought when considering any gift arrangement.