Bequests

Brisbane Girls Grammar School Bequest Programme

The Brisbane Girls Grammar School Bequest Programme has been established to acknowledge and thank those past students, parents and friends who have made provision for Girls Grammar in their wills and to encourage other members of the School community to do the same.

Bequests have played a significant part in the School's development. Owing to the generosity of benefactors, funds have been given towards the construction of key facilities and student scholarships. Through bequests, we are reminded of our history and of the benevolent foresight of earlier generations who have contributed to ensuring the success of the School today.

Making a bequest to Brisbane Girls Grammar School allows you to make a gift without diminishing your current assets, and enables you to perhaps make a more significant contribution than may otherwise be possible. You may also choose to nominate how you would like your bequest to be used, whether for general or specific purposes within the School.  By nominating Brisbane Girls Grammar School as a beneficiary in your will, you are making a gift of perpetual worth to the School.

Preferred wording for wills

To assist your solicitor, Brisbane Girls Grammar School recommends the inclusion of one of the following paragraphs in your will.

Unconditional Gift to the School

I GIVE AND BEQUEATH free of all duties and taxes payable upon or in consequence of my death to Brisbane Girls Grammar School of 70 Gregory Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, to be used for its general purposes

• the sum of $............;
• my property known as ............;
• the following chattels ............;
• a ............ per centum share of my estate.

I DECLARE that the receipt of the Principal for the time being or other proper representative of the Board of Trustees shall be a sufficient discharge to my Trustee for the foregoing gift and that my Trustee shall not be bound to see to the application thereof.

Gift to the Scholarship Fund

I GIVE AND BEQUEATH free of all duties and taxes payable upon or in consequence of my death to Brisbane Girls Grammar School of 70 Gregory Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• the sum of $............;
• my property known as ............;
• the following chattels ............;
• a ............ per centum share of my estate.

upon trust to pay the same to the credit of the Brisbane Girls Grammar School Scholarship Fund, to be invested as part of the permanent capital of that Fund.
I DECLARE that the receipt of the Principal for the time being or other proper representative of the Board of Trustees shall be a sufficient discharge to my Trustee for the foregoing gift and that my Trustee shall not be bound to see to the application thereof.

If you have already made a will, you may be able to make a simple change to your will by codicil which includes Brisbane Girls Grammar School as a beneficiary of your estate.

If you would like to receive information on making a bequest to the School, please email philanthropy@bggs.qld.edu.au for details. Alternatively, please contact the Philanthropic Programmes Manager on 61 7 3332 1300 to discuss how your bequest can benefit the young women of Brisbane Girls Grammar School.

Potential benefactors can be assured that all communication with the School regarding bequests will be strictly confidential .

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