How to Give

Please make your check payable to Baltimore Community Foundation, and note the name of the fund you are donating to in the memo line. Mail your check to:

Baltimore Community Foundation
2 East Read St., 9th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202

You can give to any of the funds at BCF by making a secure credit card donation online. Give now.

The following four types of bequests direct your gift to the Baltimore Community Foundation. You may restrict the bequest using additional language.

Percentage:
"I devise to the Baltimore Community Foundation, a nonprofit corporation of the State of Maryland, located at 2 East Read Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, ____% of my estate."

Specific:
"I devise to the Baltimore Community Foundation, a nonprofit corporation of the State of Maryland, located at 2 East Read Street, Baltimore, MD 21202."

(Choose one)

1. The sum of $__________."
2. __________ shares of stock in __________Company.", or
3. My real property commonly known as ____________."

Residual:
"I devise to the Baltimore Community Foundation, a nonprofit corporation of the State of Maryland, located at 2 East Read Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, all the residue of my estate, including real personal property."

Contingent:
"In the event of the death of any of the beneficiaries, "I devise to the Baltimore Community Foundation, a nonprofit corporation of the State of Maryland, located at 2 East Read Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, ____% of my estate., (percentage, specific, or residual language as above)."

Already have a will?  You can modify your will and direct a gift to the Baltimore Community Foundation with a simple codicil.

Sample Codicil (Will Modification):
[date]

I, [name], a resident of the [city of Baltimore] or, County of [county], State of Maryland, declare that this is the codicil to my last will and testament, which is dated [date original signed].

I add or change said last will in the following manner:

[list with particularity all changes to the will. Reference each section number of the will and the specific language you will be affecting. Be as clear and precise as possible.]

Otherwise, I hereby confirm and republish my will dated, [date original signed], in all respects other than those herein mentioned.

I subscribe my name to this codicil this [day, e.g. 1st] day of [month], [year], at [full address where signed], in the presence of [full name of first witness to codicil] and [full name of second witness to codicil], attesting witnesses, who subscribe their names here in my presence.

___________________________________
Maker

Attestation:
On the date last above written, [name], known by us to be the person whose signature appears at the end of this codicil, declared to us, [full name of first witness to codicil] and [full name of second witness to codicil], the undersigned, that the foregoing instrument, consisting, of [number of pages to codicil] page(s) was the codicil to the will dated, [date original signed]; who then signed the codicil in our presence, and now in the presence of each other, we now sign our names as witnesses.

_____________________________________    
Witness

Address:
        _____________________________
        _____________________________
        _____________________________
                                                

_____________________________________    
Witness

Address:
        _____________________________
        _____________________________
        _____________________________

There are many ways to make a planned gift, some offering life income. Visit the interactive Create a Legacy pages of our website to explore charitable gift annuities, remainder trusts, lead trusts and more.