Bequest Language

If you would like to support our students and programs after your lifetime, ask your estate planning attorney to add this suggested wording to your will or living trust:

Specific Bequest

I give, devise, and bequeath the sum of [DOLLAR AMOUNT] to the Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. (or the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association/Alexander-Tharpe Fund), a Georgia charitable corporation, [for the NAME YOU CHOOSE Endowment Fund*] for the support of the Georgia Institute of Technology. If in the future this bequest cannot be usefully applied for the described purpose, I authorize the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. (or the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association) to apply this bequest to such other purposes as it in its discretion may determine to be consistent with my original intent as stated above.

Fractional Share

I give, devise, and bequeath [PERCENTAGE] of the remaining assets of my estate to the Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. (or the Georgia Tech Athletic Association/Alexander-Tharpe Fund), a Georgia charitable corporation, [for the NAME YOU CHOOSE Endowment Fund*] for the support of the Georgia Institute of Technology. If in the future this bequest cannot be usefully applied for the described purpose, I authorize the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. (or the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association) to apply this bequest to such other purposes as it in its discretion may determine to be consistent with my original intent as stated above.

Residuary Bequest

I give, devise, and bequeath the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate to the Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. (or the Georgia Tech Athletic Association/Alexander-Tharpe Fund), a Georgia charitable corporation, [for the NAME YOU CHOOSE Endowment Fund*] for the support of the Georgia Institute of Technology. If in the future this bequest cannot be usefully applied for the described purpose, I authorize the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. (or the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association) to apply this bequest to such other purposes as it in its discretion may determine to be consistent with my original intent as stated above.

*Please contact our office to discuss your interest in providing for Georgia Tech through your estate. Endowment fund agreements are written between the donor and the Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. to govern the use of a donor’s gift according to his/her wishes. Certain minimum requirements apply.