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To leave a legacy to the institution that significantly impacted your life is as simple as:
“I _________bequeath the sum of $_____ (or _____% of my estate) to the University of Rhode Island Foundation, Inc., 79 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI 02881, for its general use and purposes.”
You may also designate a specific purpose for the funds: to establish an endowment to fund scholarships or a faculty chair; or to give to a specific college.
Alumni often say that without URI they would not have achieved the success they have had in their professional and personal lives. Providing for the University in your will memorializes your time here. And it could not be easier now that sample bequest language is on our Web site at urifoundation.org/programs/planned.
“You can’t take it with you. You might as well give it to something you believe in,” commented Doug Ritter ’82, a marketing consultant in Texas who is volunteering his expertise to help attract more legacy donors.
Doug has made URI the beneficiary of 20% of his estate to provide scholarships for communications and journalism students.
Nearly $200,000 was recently bequeathed to the University from the estate of Beverly Glenn Long. An attorney and long-time believer in the importance of access to education, her gift will provide scholarship assistance to needy and deserving students.
The estate of Ted Clarke ’40 and his wife, Elizabeth Clarke ’40, also recently provided over $116,000 for the purpose of increasing the couple’s previously established endowment, with additional provisions for athletics and the library.
Join your fellow alums by naming URI in your estate plans and become a member of the 1892 Legacy Society. The gift planning staff is pleased to assist alumni and friends in identifying “win-win” ways to give back to the University and integrate your charitable interests with your estate plans.
Visit urifoundation.org/programs/planned for more information and contact Donna-Jean Rainville at the address below.
Office of Gift Planning, URI Foundation, 79 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI 02881-2004
www.urifoundation.org | Donna-Jean Rainville: 401.874.2296 djrainville@foundation.uri.edu
