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Take these steps to learn how a living trust could fit into your overall estate plans.

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Make sure your trust is updated regularly. Tax laws, family circumstances and financial situations are always changing. The living trust you create today may not be appropriate for you in five or 10 years, and the choices you have made with regard to trustees and guardians may no longer meet your needs. For these reasons, it is important to review your living trust with your attorney at least every three years.

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In addition to considering a revocable living trust, make sure you have a will, a living will, a health care power of attorney and a durable power of attorney for financial matters in place.

We hope our website has answered many of your questions about living trusts. Here are some actions to take to learn more about this estate planning tool.
  • Set up a meeting with your estate planning attorney to determine whether a living trust is right for you.
  • Learn more about giving back through your will and living trust.
  • Contact Office of Gift Planning at Toll Free 800-462-6608 or 503-228-1730 or pginfo@ohsu.edu with any questions you may have about naming OHSU Foundation in your living trust or other estate plans.
  • If you'd like to remember Oregon Health & Science University after your lifetime, share our bequest language with your estate planning attorney.

    Thank you for considering a gift to OHSU through your will or revocable living trust.

    It is important that the bequest designation read "OHSU Foundation." The foundation has been established to receive, manage, and disperse funds in the best way possible for the benefit of OHSU.

    Basic Sample Bequest Language

    "I hereby give, devise and bequeath ________ (a specific dollar amount or percentage of the residue of my estate) to the Oregon Health & Science University Foundation, a non-profit corporation of the State of Oregon, to be used to further the purposes of the Oregon Health & Science University in the area of greatest need."

    If you wish to direct your gift to a specific area, we would be happy to help you with appropriate language. Please contact the Gift Planning Department at 503-228-1730 or 800-462-6608 or pginfo@ohsu.edu.

    Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Foundation (Tax ID # 23-7083114)
    1121 SW Salmon Street, Suite 100
    Portland, OR 97205-2020



    Beginning July 1, 2011, a 2.5% administrative fee may be applied to gifts.