Once provision has been made for family and other commitments, a donor may consider making a residual bequest to the RIA. We welcome any endowment funding help and support and, in turn, we will do everything we can to meet the wishes and requirements of a donor in the allocation of these funds. For example, you might like to fund, in your name or in the name of someone very dear to you, some RIA research activity or restoration project in an area which is of special interest to you.

If you think this could be worth exploring further, in the first instance please contact, in confidence, Karen Muldowney, Head of  Programmes & Engagement k.muldowney@ria.ie

Wording

If you are interested in remembering the RIA in your will, the wording below provides a guide, but we recommend that a will be completed with the assistance of an appropriately qualified solicitor.

“I hereby give, devise and bequeath (the residue) (% of the residue) of my estate to the Royal Irish Academy to be used (for its general purposes) (for [specific purpose]) and I direct that the receipt of the Executive Director or other proper officer of the said Royal Irish Academy shall be a sufficient discharge to my executors for payment of this legacy.”

Or

“I hereby give and bequeath € to the Royal Irish Academy to be used (for its general purposes) (for [specific purpose]) and I direct that the receipt of the Executive Director or other proper officer of the said Royal Irish Academy shall be a sufficient discharge to my executors for payment of this legacy.”