Planned Giving

By including Make-A-Wish in your will or living trust, you help ensure that we continue our mission for years to come.

In as little as one sentence, you can provide the resources necessary to grant inspiring wishes for children now and in the future.

So how do bequests work? To make a charitable bequest, a donor has to allocate a portion of their estate to a nonprofit in their legal will. They are usually allocated in three ways:

  • A specific amount of cash (e.g., $10,000);
  • A percentage of the donor’s total estate (e.g., 10% of an estate of $1 million would be $100,000 to charity); or
  • The remaining value of the estate after all other bequests have been paid.

SAMPLE BEQUEST LANGUAGE

For an unrestricted gift that allows Make-A-Wish 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 the sum of $___ (or ___%) to Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana, Inc., 12625 Southwest Freeway, Stafford, TX 77477, Tax ID 76-0116615, to be used or disposed of as its Board of Directors deems appropriate in its sole discretion.”

Have you already included a gift to the Make-A-Wish Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana in your will or trust? Please let us know so that we may properly acknowledge you and ensure that we fulfill your gift exactly as you intended. Information you share will be kept confidential and we respect any desire to remain anonymous.

For more information, contact:

Nicole Gabler

Director of Foundation Engagement

Phone: (979) 505-0263

[email protected] 

Legal name: Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana, Inc.
Legal address: 12625 Southwest Freeway, Stafford, TX 77477
Federal tax ID number: 76-0116615