A Gift Through Your Will or Living Trust

Your bequest to CalArts, through your will or living trust, can take any of a number of forms. You can bequeath a specific dollar amount, or a portion of what remains after your obligations to others are fulfilled. You can designate your bequest to support CalArts as a whole, or you can establish a permanent named fund for scholarships, program support, professorships, or the like.

A bequest or gift through a living trust yields estate tax advantages while perpetuating your annual support for CalArts. You can include CalArts in your will or living trust by using the following language: "I give, devise and bequeath [assets/percent share of the residue of my estate] to the California Institute of the Arts, a California education corporation.”

Please contact Bill Kramer, Executive Director of Development, at (661) 253-7740 or email bkramer@calarts.edu for additional draft language to ensure that CalArts will fulfill your wishes as you intend. We can also provide information about estate planning and the benefits of naming CalArts in your will.