If you are considering a bequest but would like to ensure that your bequest will be used for a specific purpose, please let us know. We would be happy to work with you and your attorney to help you identify ways to give and meet your charitable objectives. We will also work with you and your attorney to craft language to accomplish your goals. 

If you are making a restricted bequest, we recommend that your attorney include the following provision to give The Catholic Foundation flexibility should it no longer be possible for our The Catholic Foundation to use your gift as you originally intended: 

If, in the judgment of the Board of Trustees of The Catholic Foundation, it shall become impossible for The Catholic Foundation to use this bequest to accomplish the specific purposes of this bequest, The Catholic Foundation may use the income and principal of this gift for such purpose or purposes as the Board determines is most closely related to the restricted purpose of my bequest.