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Brooks has designed a bequest to Ploughshares Fund that uses easy construction techniques.
Brooks: It couldn't have been simpler. I emailed the Ploughshares' bequest language to my attorney. He sent me an amendment to my will which I signed and sent back, keeping a copy.
His long-range plans, however, are more complex. He wants his bequest to a help a David-size nonprofit affect the debate between Goliaths on the proliferation of nuclear and chemical weapons.
Brooks: Ploughshares is unique. It's a small fund with an outsized ability to influence the course of public policy. We've seen since 9/11 that we can't naively assume the government has big issues under control. Good policymaking needs the perspective and independent analysis that only non-governmental organizations can provide.
Brooks became acquainted with Ploughshares Fund through Alastair Mactaggart, a former board member and Bay Area real estate developer, who invited him to hear Ploughshares grantees speak at luncheons in San Francisco.
Brooks: I found the meetings fascinating. Then 9/11 happened and the issues they were speaking of took on new urgency.
Brooks joined Ploughshares' board in January 2002.
Brooks: The nuclear genie is not going back in the bottle. This issue is not going to go away. I hope my bequest will help build Ploughshares endowment. I want to make sure people are working on policy tasks to deal with this issue well into the future.
Ploughshares Fund is honored to list Brooks Walker III as a member of its Nuclear Free Legacy Society.
You also may want to make it easy and convenient to have a bequest included in your will. The language below shows how a bequest can very easily be included in your will.
You might find it helpful to select the "print" button on the top of your screen and print this page. You may feel free to give this page to your attorney. If he or she has any questions, please have them contact Samara Dun at phone number 415-775-2244 or e-mail us at sdun@ploughshares.org.
Example bequest language - Please feel free to change the numbers or percentages as you desire.
1. Bequest of cash
"I bequeath the sum of $10,000 to Ploughshares Fund of San Francisco, CA."
2. Bequest of a percent of the estate
"I devise and bequeath 20% of the remainder and residue of property owned at my death, whether real or personal, and wherever located to Ploughshares Fund, San Francisco, CA."
3. Contingent Bequest
"If my brother John Doe survives me, I devise and bequeath 20% of the remainder and residue of property owned at my death, whether real or personal, and wherever located to John Doe. If John Doe does not survive me, then I devise and bequeath 20% of my residuary estate, whether real or personal property and wherever located to Ploughshares Fund, San Francisco, CA."
You may print a Bequest tri-fold brochure. Voice of a Legacy or Will Your Will be Known.
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