Planned Giving

Consider giving to the Columbus Bar Foundation when you make decisions about your estate or your personal finances.

The CBF is a 501 (c)(3) organization and a donation may be tax deductible. As a contributor to the CBF through estate planning, your contribution can be a useful part of your financial plan, and your commitment to this community will live on through important programs that improve access to justice and professionalism right here in central Ohio.

SAMPLE

CODICIL TO THE
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF
IMA A. DONOR

I, IMA A. DONOR, now living in ___________________, Ohio, hereby declare that this is a Codicil to my Last Will and Testament, dated ________ (date of existing Will).

1. I hereby amend my Last Will and Testament to add a new ITEM ___ to read in its entirety as follows:

“ITEM ___. I give the sum of ___________________________ Dollars ($ _______ ) to the Columbus Bar Foundation, or its lawful successor, for use as the governing body of the Foundation shall determine from time to time.”

2. I hereby amend my Last Will and Testament to renumber the succeeding Items in order.

3. In all other respects, I hereby ratify and affirm my Last Will and Testament as amended by this Codicil.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this First Codicil to my Last Will and Testament dated ________ (date of existing Will), on this _______ day of ____________________________, 20__.

____________________________________
IMA A. DONOR

Signed by the said IMA A. DONOR and by her acknowledged to be the First Codicil to her Last Will and Testament, before us and in our presence and by us subscribed as witnesses, in her presence and at her request and in the presence of each other, this _______ day of _______________________, 20__.

____________________residing at ____________________

____________________residing at ____________________