• General Bequest. If you intend to make an outright bequest of cash, securities, or other property by designating a specific dollar amount, a particular asset, or a fixed percentage of your estate to Brigham and Women's Hospital to be used for general purposes:

"I give, devise, and bequeath to Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Massachusetts charitable corporation, the sum of $________(or a description of the specific asset), for the benefit of Brigham and Women's Hospital for its general purposes."

• Specific Bequest. If you intend to make an outright bequest for a specific purpose, such as to support research on a particular disease:

"I give, devise, and bequeath to Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Massachusetts charitable corporation, the sum of $_______ (or a description of the specific asset), for the benefit of Brigham and Women's Hospital to be used for the following purpose: (state the purpose). If at any time in the judgment of the trustees of Brigham and Women's Hospital it is impossible or impracticable to carry out exactly the designated purpose, they shall determine an alternative purpose as near as possible to the designated purpose."

• Residuary Bequest. If you intend to leave the residue portion of your assets after other terms of the will have been satisfied:

"All the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, both real and personal, I give to Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Massachusetts charitable corporation, for its general purposes."

• Contingency Bequest. If you wish to make a contingency gift, so that Brigham and Women's Hospital will receive a portion of your estate if your named beneficiary does not survive you:

"I devise and bequeath the residue of the property, real and personal and wherever situated, owned by me at my death, to (name of beneficiary), if (she/he) survives me. If (name of beneficiary) does not survive me, I devise and bequeath my residuary estate to Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Massachusetts charitable corporation, for its general purposes."

The Legacy Society

If you have named BWH in your estate plans, please let us know. We would like to invite you to join The Legacy Society.

For more information

Please contact Carl Finn, Development Officer, at (617) 424-4300 or via e-mail.