Leaving a Legacy

A legacy gift is a great way to make a meaningful contribution while continuing to use your resources during your lifetime.

ELIC can be named in a will or listed as a beneficiary to a life insurance policy, IRA, or other retirement fund. You can make a specific legacy gift, or leave a percentage, residual, or contingent legacy gift.

In order to make a legacy gift from your will or estate, you should speak with your attorney. Your attorney can help you include a legacy gift to ELIC in your will or estate plan. We have provided some basic legacy gift language to assist you and your attorney below.

Simple wording like this in a will or estate plan is sufficient or you can be more specific about how the funds will be used:

I give and bequeath to English Language Institute/China (ELIC) at 1629 Blue Spruce Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80524, Federal Tax ID #95-3551085, the sum of $____ (or a specific piece of property: pension, stocks, annuities, real estate, etc.) to be used as the board of directors directs.

Instructions for the executor of the will or estate:

Cash gifts can be given online at elic.org/donate or by mail to ELIC, 1629 Blue Spruce Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80524. Contact Brian Bumann at finance@elic.org to arrange a gift of property or stocks.

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The Wellspring

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Bridging the Gap

Bridging the Gap is our initiative to support underfunded teachers. Sometimes, funding can be challenging for teachers. Gifts given to this fund will help great teachers focus on teaching and stay on the field longer. You can give to this fund in USD or CAD.