Support from loyal members like yourself allows the American Youth Scholarship Foundation to support future students year to year.  A bequest, which is a gift through your will or living trust, and other planned gifts go an important step further. All planned gifts (including bequests, life income gifts and gifts of retirement plans) are added to our Educational Endowment Fund. They are used to secure the American Youth Scholarship Foundation’s  long-term financial security, thus ensuring scholastic support for generations to come.

Planned Giving allows individuals to make a charitable gift of estate assets, which helps to ensure the American Youth Scholarship Foundation’s long-term future. With such gifts, donors can make a satisfying and, usually, substantial contribution while meeting their own personal and financial objectives.

With a Legacy Gift from your estate, you make a promise to future generations that support for scholastic pursuits will always be there. Your gift will live on, leaving a legacy that will enrich the lives of generations to come.

Suggested bequest language:

"I give [________% of my estate] [the residue of my estate] [___% of the residue of my estate] [$________] to the American Youth Scholarship Foundation, a California nonprofit organization, to be applied to its Educational Endowment Fund. The American Youth Scholarship Foundation is located at 5297 Graves Avenue, San Jose, CA 95129."