To add Habitat as a beneficiary in your will, you can share this sample language with your attorney for general or contingent requests:

General bequest

If you intend to leave an outright gift of cash, securities or other property by designating a specific dollar amount, a particular asset or a fixed percentage of your estate to Habitat for Humanity to be used for general purposes:

“After taking care of all expenses, debts and other provisions, I give, devise and bequeath ___ percent of the rest and residue [or $___ if a specific amount] to Habitat for Humanity Capital District, a New York-based charitable organization [Tax ID# 14-1708404] currently with administrative offices at 207 Sheridan Avenue, Albany, NY 12210.”

Contingency bequest

If you wish to make a contingency gift so that Habitat for Humanity will receive a portion of your estate if your named beneficiary does not survive you:

“If any of the beneficiaries named in this will should die before becoming entitled to receive their distributive share of my estate, I direct my trustee to pay or transfer the share to which such beneficiary would otherwise be entitled, to Habitat for Humanity Capital District for its unrestricted use and purpose.”

To add Habitat as a beneficiary of a qualified retirement, life insurance or other financial account, you will need this information:

Habitat for Humanity Capital District (Tax Identification Number: 14-1708404) located at 207 Sheridan Avenue, Albany, NY 12210

You may also set up a charitable annuity fund, a charitable remainder trust, an IRA charitable rollover or make a donation of stocks or bonds. Please contact us at (518) 462-2993 or christine@habitatcd.org to discuss your options.