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10 keys to securing a bequest.
; ...that eighty percent of planned gifts are bequests. Personal experience supports this assertion...limited partnerships. By actively promoting bequests, you can accomplish eighty percent of...achieve. Here are ten keys to a successful bequest solicitation program. Suggest bequests... Read more
Wellesley College (Mass.) has received a $2.7 million bequest from Virginia Webbert, a 1935 graduate of the college.(GRANT & AWARDS)(Brief article)
; Wellesley College (Mass.) has received a $2.7 million bequest from Virginia Webbert, a 1935 graduate of the college. The bequest will be used for financial aid for students majoring in economics or music. Read more
High Point, N.C., Retirement Home Gets Record Bequest.
; ...Point is about to receive its largest bequest in history. Administrators knew Elizabeth...Presbyterian Home of Matlock's $2 million bequest about two weeks ago. The funds will be...more people took her place. Mack said the bequest will be available once Matlock's estate... Read more
Bequest for seniors carries cost
; ...the town can and should use an $825,000 bequest, and raise additional funds, for a freestanding...aging baby-boomer population, or turn the bequest over to the Wellesley Community Center...study the feasibility" of accepting the bequest for use in building a senior center. Gail... Read more
Holocaust survivor's bequest of note
; ...International Pianoforte Competition its biggest bequest - despite never attending the event once...anniversary with a triumphant finale. The bequest has delighted competition founder and...our 40th anniversary. It is the largest bequest we have ever received and it reflects... Read more
Kansas State University has received a $4.3 million bequest from Mary Jarvis, a 1942 graduate of the university.(GRANT & AWARDS)(Brief article)
; Kansas State University has received a $4.3 million bequest from Mary Jarvis, a 1942 graduate of the university. The bequest will be used to expand the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art on the campus. Read more
Nixon's daughters resolve dispute over bequest to library
; Nixon's daughters resolve dispute over bequest to library Associated Press Friday, August...fight over how to spend a $20 million bequest to their father's presidential library...Library officials had said the holdup on the bequest was not affecting operations, but it had... Read more
BEQUEST BENEFITS NATURE GROUPS.(NEWS)
; A bequest of $13.2 million from the estates of the...organizations. The Durrells had arranged the bequest - the largest in foundation history - through...Foundation. Major beneficiaries of the bequest are the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History... Read more
MFA receives bequest of paintings, sculpture
; ...Museum of Fine Arts has received a large bequest of paintings, sculpture and other decorative...museum declined to release the value of the bequest. The collection includes American and European...the Evans Wing. All were included in the bequest. Read more
Albright gets $829,000 to use for scholarships: The bequest from the will of city native Elizabeth B. Bergstedt is to establish a fund in the names of her and her late husband, Gustave.
; ...Albright College has received an $829,000 bequest to establish a scholarship fund in the...knew that she was planning to leave us a bequest in her will, Albright spokeswoman Barbara...Albright in recent years. A $3.5 million bequest for scholarship funding was received in... Read more

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bequest • abreast , arrest, attest, beau geste, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, Brest, Bucharest, Budapest, celeste, chest, contest, crest, digest, divest, guest, hest... Read more
bequest
be·quest / biˈkwest / • n. a legacy: her $135,000 was the largest bequest the library ever has received. ∎  the action of bequeathing something: a painting acquired by bequest. Read more
bequest
bequest XIV. f. (after BEQUEATH ) BE- + † quiste , repr. OE. -cwiss (only in comps.), f. Gmc. * kweþ- say (see QUOTH ); for the parasitic t cf. BEHEST . Read more
Smithsonian Institution
...research institution and educational centre founded by the bequest of the English scientist James Smithson (1765–1829...the circumstances of his birth that caused him to make the bequest to the USA rather than his native country: ‘My name... Read more
Smithsonian Institution
...research institution and educational centre founded by the bequest of the English scientist James Smithson (1765–1829...the circumstances of his birth that caused him to make the bequest to the USA rather than his native country: ‘My name... Read more

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