Wills and Trusts
According to Caring.com’s 2025 Wills and Estate Planning Study, more than three-quarters of Americans do not have a will.
With Sharpe’s Print-On-Demand publications, you can educate your donors about how they can give through their wills and living trusts.
Choose from titles such as “Planning Your Bequests,” “Is Your Will Obsolete?,” “Giving Through Living Trusts” and others with personalized printed communications to share with your supporters.
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Brochures
 | Eleven Things to Remember This brochure outlines key points to consider in the estate planning process, including ideas for making charitable gifts. |
 | How a Will Works for You Explains the benefits of planning for the future distribution of property. Includes references to what could happen if one fails to plan. |
 | Is Your Will Obsolete? This brochure presents reasons why it is important to update your existing estate plans and includes ideas for adding a charitable component. |
 | The State Has Made Your Will This brochure discusses what happens when you don’t have a will and includes ways to include charities in one’s estate plans. |
 | Questions & Answers About Wills and Bequests This brochure highlights the importance of a will in one’s overall estate planning and answers some common questions including how a will can be used to fulfill charitable intentions. |
 | You Never Need to Change Your Will Unless This brochure discusses common life events that can create the need to update a will and other estate plans. |
Booklets
 | Giving Through Living Trusts Share this booklet with your donors to demonstrate how a living trust, a popular way to manage assets during life and for future distribution, can be used in conjunction with a will to fulfill their philanthropic goals. |
 | Giving Though Your Will The most common methods of giving by will are examined to help donors act on their charitable wishes. |
 | 24 Things People Know About Wills It can be surprising to discover 24 myths about wills people commonly believe. This publication can provide useful information, encourage discussion and replace the myths with facts. |
 | How to Make a Will That Works This popular publication features answers to 22 questions that stress the importance of a will. Charitable bequests are introduced at appropriate points in a low-key manner. |
 | How to Protect Your Rights With a Will Everyone needs a will in order to claim important rights. Beginning with what can happen when there is no will, readers learn of a will’s value in managing property for the benefit of loved ones and in saving taxes. |
 | Planning your Bequests Help your donors explore the different ways they can direct their bequests along with evaluating any special considerations that need to be made. |