You can leave a bequest or estate gift through planned giving to Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) in your will. Your gift will help us continue to defend and advance homeschool freedom for future generations—and to equip families with the resources and encouragement they need to keep homeschooling through hard times.

It’s very simple to do: Just a few additional sentences in your will or trust are all that is needed. 

You can structure the bequest to

  • leave a specific item or amount of money,
  • make the gift contingent on certain events,
  • or leave a percentage of your estate to HSLDA.

If your estate is subject to tax, your gift is entitled to an estate tax charitable deduction for the gift’s full value.   

How to make a charitable bequest 

To make a charitable bequest, you need a current will or revocable living trust. Simply add these words:  

“I give and bequeath to Home School Legal Defense Association, a non-profit organization in Virginia (currently located at P.O. Box 3000, Purcellville, VA 20134), the sum of {_____ dollars or _____ percent of my residual estate}.” * 

Please contact us if you have any questions or wish to make estate donations that are not listed here. 

Thank you for partnering with us to defend and expand every child’s right to homeschool wherever it is threatened—in the courts, in legislatures, or in the public square. Your generosity also provides practical assistance and assures homeschooling families that they are not alone whether they are facing the loss of a spouse or job, teaching a child with unique needs, or recovering from a natural disaster.

 By standing together, we can protect homeschool freedom and make this wonderful learning option possible for more and more children in the years to come.

More ways to support HSLDA

You can set up a monthly gift or make a one-time gift here.

Or you can send your check, made out to HSLDA, to

HSLDA
P.O. 3000
Purcellville, VA 20134 

Questions? Call 540-338-8688

* Giving a percentage of your estate rather than a fixed amount allows your gift to remain proportionate no matter how your estate’s value fluctuates over the years—so your family is always taken care of first.