In reading another thread, several mentioned no heirs and leaving their remaining wealth to charity.
I have had the opportunity for the last 4 years to help a friend identify charities that she might send some of her QCD to. After losing a spouse to cancer, she sends to cancer charities. Also to local nursing school in honor of those who helped her spouse. Also to local pet rescue as her spouse always loved dogs.
So I was interested in what types of charities folks would leave their estates to, and if you want to share, why that charity?
Rather than name names, I thought broad categories might be interesting. If I knew how to make a poll, I'd break it down somewhat like this...
Education
Medicine/Hospitals
Veterans/Mental Health
Animals
Local civic and arts organizations
Large/broad help orgs (like Red Cross or Salvation Army)
Food/Homelessness
International help
Religious
Ecology/Audobon/National Parks/Nature
Women's/children's causes
Anyone care to share?
Edited: Thanks to athena53 for some additional categories
I have had the opportunity for the last 4 years to help a friend identify charities that she might send some of her QCD to. After losing a spouse to cancer, she sends to cancer charities. Also to local nursing school in honor of those who helped her spouse. Also to local pet rescue as her spouse always loved dogs.
So I was interested in what types of charities folks would leave their estates to, and if you want to share, why that charity?
Rather than name names, I thought broad categories might be interesting. If I knew how to make a poll, I'd break it down somewhat like this...
Education
Medicine/Hospitals
Veterans/Mental Health
Animals
Local civic and arts organizations
Large/broad help orgs (like Red Cross or Salvation Army)
Food/Homelessness
International help
Religious
Ecology/Audobon/National Parks/Nature
Women's/children's causes
Anyone care to share?
Edited: Thanks to athena53 for some additional categories
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