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 Your Legacy. Your Values. Our Shared Future.

Why Leave a Bequest to Legal Aid SMC?

  • Amplify Your Impact: Your gift provides local families with critical legal services far into the future.

  • Ensure Sustainability: Legacy Gifts allow us to plan ahead and response to tomorrow’s challenges with strength and vision.

  • Leave a Tribute: Many donors choose to honor a loved one or celebrate their own values by naming a bequest in their will.

Our Federal tax ID number is: 94-1451894


Below is our suggested sample language to use when drafting your bequest with legal counsel:

Bequest of Specific Amount:

I give, devise and bequeath $XXX to the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County or its successor. TAX I.D. #94-1451894. The Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County can be contacted at 330 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City, CA 94065. 

Bequest of Remainder of Estate:

I give, devise and bequeath to Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, TAX I.D. #94-1451894, all [or state here fraction/percentage] of the rest, residue and remainder of my state, both real and personal. The Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County can be contacted at 330 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City, CA 94065. 


Alert Us! If you have named the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County in your will or trust, please let us know! Notifying us of your plans will enable us to plan for the use of your future gift. However, if you prefer to remain anonymous, we will keep your name and gift in strict confidence. 

Please contact JC Renteria, Director of Development & Communications at jcrenteria@legalaidsmc.org or 650.517.8938 for more information.