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I have no living relatives, and few close friends. Yet this paucity of direct human companionship is all the more reason to invest in humanity in the large. My current plan is to leave most of my material wherewithal to the university from which I obtained my graduate degree. The idea is to endow a few professorships, maybe fund scholarships, or (if the stock market holds up) a new building or two.
It's surprising to me how many people intend to leave the preponderance of their fortunes to animal-related causes/charities. Have we given up on humans? And most of the animals in question are pets - bred for the pleasure (in my opinion, selfish pleasure) of humans.
I have no living relatives, and few close friends. Yet this paucity of direct human companionship is all the more reason to invest in humanity in the large. My current plan is to leave most of my material wherewithal to the university from which I obtained my graduate degree. The idea is to endow a few professorships, maybe fund scholarships, or (if the stock market holds up) a new building or two.
I look at it this way.........
A good deal of my income has always gone to human charity via TAXES.
Nieces and nephews. They get to be one of those people whose rich uncle dies. They are all pretty successful people, so it won't mean that much to them.
While I'm relatively young, this is a good thread to remind me to get on estate planning.
I would roll over in my grave if i knew that any of the money I've work so hard for went to any of my relatives. I don't have many and the ones I do have had a verbal contract to pay me for taking care of their mother (my grandmother) and so I quit my job to do so yet kept my apartment and had other expenses. When she died, both of her kids who make over 100k per year and my mother always got by because I used to give her money when needed, all literally gave me a big "F-U" and told me that I should have "done it anyways" (?!) and "you are not getting a Fn thng."
Needless to say, this ruined my business and finances and I have not yet recovered. I have no siblings, the cousins never once visited when she was dying and I don't really know my dad's side.
When i finally have savings again, anything left will go to mental health support and research organizations. Preferably ones that specialize in PTSD and depressive disorders. Don't know which ones yet.
i have grown children but they are very well off already from previous family inheritance, so i am not leaving them any funds.
all my funds are going to a publishing house in Israel in support of Torah
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Anyone I want to!
At present, it's all charities that I like. I'm leaving my house (if I'm still in it when I die) to the man who built it, who has been a great support and help to me as a homeowner.
Art collection to a fund at the vet school for people who don't have the money to take care of their sick animals in the E.R.
It's so nice to think of gifting someone. Send your hairdresser's kid to college, or leave a present for the local librarians to go out on the town. A gift for a housecleaner who has done a great job for years.
It's endless who you can help and give a treat to. I wish people would think of this instead of searching their brains for some distant blood relative. After all, it's not a requirement unless you really want to give something to relatives, whether you have kids or not.
My will specifies that nothing go to my sister. My lawyer asked if we had a "falling out," and I said we never had a "falling in." I don't like her and I specifically don't like her materialism, financial envy and downright greed. Apparently, listing her by name in the will is necessary as she will be my only next of kin if she outlives me.
Friends and relatives in need, charities (cancer research, orphanages, animal causes) and perhaps a few brilliant young students with aspirations to contribute to society, who can't afford college tuition.
the interest is overwhelming with each advancing year.
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