Remainder Gift from Hildegarde Bird
Resolution text
Resolved, That the Executive Council expresses its profound gratitude to the family of Henry and Hildegarde Bird, for the generous gift of $26,016.51 to the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society to be used for Indigenous Ministries.
Explanation
Henry Bird established a Pooled Income Fund with the Episcopal Church Foundation and designated that, upon the death of the last income beneficiary, Hildegarde Bird, a portion of the remainder of his gift be transferred to the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society to be used for Indigenous Ministries.
This gift is added to class 223 “Restricted Inc/Budget: National Mission Indian Fund”, more precisely to Trust Fund 842 – National Mission Indian Trust Fund, to honor the donor’s wish that it be used for Indigenous Ministries.