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Wills and Bequests

Learn About Wills and Bequests

A bequest is one of the easiest gifts to make. With the help of an advisor even an online resource like freewill.com/luriechildrens, you can include language in your will or trust specifying a gift be made to family, friends or Lurie Children's as part of your estate plan.

A bequest can be made in several ways:
  1. You can gift a specific dollar amount or asset
  2. You can gift a percentage of your estate
  3. You can gift from the balance or residue of your estate
  4. You can make a beneficiary designation of certain assets. To designate Lurie Children's as the charitable beneficiary of an IRA, life insurance policy or donor-advised fund (DAF), share the information below with your administrator:

    Legal name: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation
    Address: 225 E. Chicago Avenue, Box 4, Chicago, IL 60611
    Federal Tax ID: 36-3357006

If you are ready to create your legacy, a simple way to get started is to use a new resource at freewill.com/luriechildrens. This is an online will-writing tool that you can use to make your will in a matter of minutes to communicate important financial and healthcare decisions so you’re prepared for whatever the future may hold.

You may also use this online form to confidentially share your legacy gift intention with Lurie Children’s.

If you have included or are considering including a gift to Lurie Children's through your will, financial or estate plan, we'd love to hear from you. If you have questions or want to learn about legacy giving, please contact Kevin Longstreth at 312.227.3254 or klongstreth@luriechildrens.org.

How do I make a bequest?

You can make a bequest to Lurie Children's by including language in your will or living trust leaving a portion of your estate to Lurie Children's or by designating Lurie Children's as a beneficiary of your retirement account or life insurance policy.

Sample bequest language for a will, codicil, or revocable living trust:

I give (legal description of property, specific dollar amount, desired percentage or rest, residue and remainder of my estate) to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, located at 225 E. Chicago Avenue, Box 4, Chicago, Illinois, to be used in support of its mission OR to support (program or department) at Lurie Children's.