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Bequest
(Sample language)

Gifts to support any component of West Virginia University – its schools and colleges, the Mountaineer Athletic Club, Potomac State College of WVU, or West Virginia 4-H -- are important. The language listed below can assist you to make the gift you feel is most appropriate.

For a gift to WVU

I give, devise and bequeath to the West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (tax ID #55-6017181), a non-profit, charitable educational corporation in Morgantown, West Virginia...

  • the sum of $_______________; or,
  • _________ percent of my estate; or,
  • all the rest, remainder and residue of my estate, including property over which i shall have power of appointment at my passing, after all debts, taxes, expenses and other bequests have been satisfied...
  • to foster and promote the growth, progress and general welfare of West Virginia University (or WVU's colleges/schools/programs)...
  • to establish a permanent endowment fund to be known as the "____________________ Fund," to benefit (WVU or its colleges/schools/programs)____________________, the income from which will be used to (purpose)___________, as permitted by law; or,
  • to establish a non-endowed fund to benefit West Virginia University (or WVU's colleges/schools/programs) for the purpose of _______________.

  • Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry & Consumer Sciences
  • Alumni Association
  • Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
  • College of Business & Economics
  • Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center
  • Children’s Hospital
  • College of Creative Arts
  • School of Dentistry
  • College of Engineering & Mineral Resources
  • College of Human Resources & Education
  • Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism
  • College of Law
  • WVU Libraries
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Pharmacy
  • School of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences
  • Ruby Memorial Hospital
  • Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute

For Athletics

"I give, devise and bequeath to the West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (tax ID #55-601781), a non-profit, charitable educational corporation in Morgantown, West Virginia...

  • the sum of $_______________; or,
  • _________ percent of my estate; or,
  • all the rest, remainder and residue of my estate, including property over which I shall have power of appointment at my passing, after all debts, taxes, expenses and other bequests have been satisfied...
  • to foster and promote the growth, progress and general welfare of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics by supplementing the Mountaineer Athletic Club Fund; or,
  • to establish an endowed fun to be known as the "____________________ Fund" to benefit the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, income from which will be used to ________________(purpose), as permitted by law; or
  • to establish a non-endowed fund to benefit the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics for the purpose of _______________.

For Potomac State College of WVU

"I give, devise and bequeath to the West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (tax ID #33-6017181, a non-profit, charitable education corporation in Morgantown, West Virginia...

  • the sum of $_______________; or,
  • _________ percent of my estate; or,
  • all the rest, remainder and residue of my estate, including property over which I shall have power of appointment at my passing, after all debts, taxes expenses and other bequests have been satisfied...
  • to foster and promote the growth, progress and general welfare of Potomac State College of WVU as the Campus Provost may direct; or,
  • to establish a fund to be known as the "____________________ Fund," a permanent endowment to benefit Potomac State College of WVU, income from which will be used to _____________, as permitted by law; or
  • to establish a non-endowed fund to benefit Potomac State College of WVU by carrying out the purpose of _______________.

For West Virginia 4-H

"I give, devise and bequeath to the West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (tax ID #33-6017181, a non-profit, charitable education corporation in Morgantown, West Virginia...

  • the sum of $_______________; or,
  • _________ percent of my estate; or,
  • all the rest, remainder and residue of my estate, including property over which I shall have power of appointment at my passing, after all debts, taxes expenses and other bequests have been satisfied...
  • to foster and promote the growth, progress and general welfare of West Virginia 4-H as the Associate Provost for Extension may direct; or,
  • to establish a fund to be known as the "____________________ Fund," a permanent endowment to benefit West Virginia 4-H, income from which will be used to (purpose) _____________, as permitted by law; or
  • to establish a non-endowed fund to benefit West Virginia 4-H by carrying out the purpose of _______________.



West Virginia University Foundation
One Waterfront Place, 7th Floor
Morgantown, WV 26501
(304) 284-4000




West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. One Waterfront Place - 7th Floor - P.O. Box 1650 - Morgantown, WV 26507-1650
PHONE: 304-284-4000 - FAX: 304-284-4001 1-800-847-3856 EMAIL: wvuf@wvuf.org