Creating a will is an essential part of securing your legacy and your family’s future. A gift by will, otherwise known as a bequest, can be any shape and any size. What matters is that your gift fits you and your unique family and financial circumstances. A bequest can be tailored to your personal, family, and financial circumstances. 

Bequest gifts provide enduring support for UC Riverside’s commitment to ensure that our mission to educate, innovate, and inspire remains unstoppable. Your gifts provide direct, tangible support that creates a ripple effect across our campus and beyond.

Bequests Can Take Many Forms

A bequest can be structured to work best for you:

  • As a specific dollar amount
  • With a particular asset or piece of property
  • As a percentage of your estate
  • The remainder of your estate after other distributions have been made

Bequests may include cash, securities, real estate, or other assets.

Bequests Can be Any Size

Bequests of every size have helped advance UC Riverside's mission. While some donors make transformative gifts, many choose more modest bequests that, when combined with the generosity of others, provide significant support for future Riverside students and programs

As you consult your attorney on the selection of appropriate wording to reflect your own goals and intentions regarding UC Riverside be sure our organization’s correct legal name appears in all final documents as:

“UC Riverside Foundation, PO Box 5068, Riverside, CA 92517-5068, a California nonprofit corporation, or its successor, Federal Tax Identification Number: 23-7433570.”

General Bequest Language: 

“I give to UC Riverside Foundation, PO Box 5068, Riverside, CA 92517-5068, a California nonprofit corporation, or its successor, Federal Tax Identification Number 23-7433570 [insert here the exact dollar amount].”

Learn More

If you would like to explore how a bequest can help you support UC Riverside while creating a lasting legacy, we would be pleased to help. Contact our Gift Planning team to discuss your options and discover other creative ways to support future generations of Highlanders.