Voices for Change Circle

Planning Your Legacy

The Voices for Change Circle recognizes those whose foresight and generosity will perpetuate the goals of CRLA - that all rural communities in California have access to justice and the provision of basic human rights. Since our founding in 1966, CRLA has raised its voice to stop harmful agricultural practices such as the short-handled hoe or the use of DDT as a pesticide. CRLA has raised its voice to help workers, unfairly discriminated against, receive lost wages and new jobs. CRLA has raised its voice to protect and improve low-income housing. Raise your voice and join our Voices for Change Circle.

To join The Voices for Change Circle, please send us an email development@crla.org or letter letting us know that CRLA has been included in your estate plans.

We want to accurately understand your philanthropic intentions for CRLA to ensure that it is implemented successfully. To this end, we would appreciate receiving copies of the pertinent pages from you estate planning documents. The specific information that you provide will remain confidential.

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To include CRLA in your will, please consider some of the following sample language:

Unrestricted Gift:

A gift that can be used where need is the greatest
I give to California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., a California nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, headquartered in San Francisco, CA the sum of $___________* to be used at the discretion of the Board of Directors as it deems advisable for the best interest of CRLA clients.
*Rather than leaving a sum certain, you can include language that refers to a percentage of your estate or a description of the property you wish to give.

Residuary Bequest:

Leaves any remainder after all other bequests have been paid
All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal, I give to California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., a California nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, headquartered in San Francisco CA for its general legal services.

Contingency Gift:

Takes effect only if a primary intention cannot be met
If (name of beneficiary) does not survive me, or shall die during the administration of my estate, or as a result of a common disaster, then I give to California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., a California nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, headquartered in San Francisco CA all of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate to be used for its general legal services.

The information on this sheet is not intended as legal, tax or investment advice. Donors should consult their own tax and legal advisors prior to making a planned gift.

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Legacy

Raise your voice and join our Voices for Change Circle.

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