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So I don't have kids and won't have any.

My 401k advisor asked where I want my funds to go (after my husband of course) I left it blank and said I'd let him know. I want to give it to a good charity that correpondes to what I like. I was thinking Susan komen foundation but read the ceo makes 1/2 million pay and AOPA has been discussed a lot.

Anyone suggest a good charity for aviation enthusiasts to give?
 
I would look into EAA.
 
A university or college for a scholarship fund of your choice?
 
Wounded Warrior Project, Toys for Tots, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Scholarship for your Alma Mater?
 
I'm a fan of St Jude's Children's Hospital.
 
Sac I need your full name and soc security number to give it to you.
 
It's in the Nigerian Civil Registry. You can just look it up.
 
The eman1200 Society. I'd give them every last cent if I could. Just do it so you can feel good about yourself.
 
Cal Farley's boys ranch. (they take girls now too)

They take wayward and destitute children and turn them into good men and women.
 
Endowed scholarship(s). Your money becomes the seed that provides worthy kids the chance at something that is also of interest to you. Could be college, could be flight training, trade school.

Idea is that instead of just a one time input and payout, it becomes an enduring thing.
 
I have no next of kin, so I structured a living trust that will pass on to the EAA and fund female flight training scholarships since only 9% of the pilot population are girls....At the present interest rate I / the trust can maintain that program for decades... If the interest rate goes up..... multiple girls get a free PPL each year...
 
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Charity Navigator is a good website to look into expenditures and such. I personally wont give a dime to organizations where the Director makes some inordinate amount of money. Ditto for places where the admin costs overrun the actual 'charity' part of the org.
 
Make-a-Wish has always been a favorite of mine. Although not specifically aviation, you may be able to specify that your funds must be used for aviation purposes.
 
EAA museum in Oshkosh.
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington.
Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson.

Those are three worthy charities that reach many visitors.
 
Veterans Airlift Command, Wounded Warrior, Make-A-Wish
 
Considering the time of year and raffle, Wings of Hope is always an option! I think I owe it to them to say that at least once in my lifetime.
 
For something truely aviation and personal, get a list of aviation museums, pick a couple of interest to you and and contact them. Find out what their future plans are for expansion or what plane they would like to have in their collection and add it to your estate plan. No doubt you'll get a plaque with your name on it.
 
Anything but Komen. I would add to St. Judes. Kids deserve to live.
 
SHCAHA

It's a 501(c)3 that only runs on donations. No one on the board gets paid. It's keeps 6Y9 open.
 
MikeELP said:
Agreed. St. Jude and MDA. Both have great histories of low administrative costs. Most of your money goes to those who need the donation and not to a Board of Directors.
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Jimmy V foundation is also very good, 100% of donations go to cancer research. The staff/administration/fund raising expenses is funded separately thru a trust.

That said, you have no nieces or nephews that might need some help someday?
 
I don't have any kids of my own either, but my nephew with cerebral palsy can't wait for me to kick the bucket because he will get everything.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions.
 
I've always been a big fan of this one:
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EdFred said:
Sounds like a dating site.
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In my formative culture the greatest charity one can give is furnish an anonymous recipient the means to make a living for themselves. The gift of a agricultural animal can do just that. For instance, a family can shear a llama to get wool, they can get milk from it (stuff's drinkable, or so I'm told) and they can eat it if it dies. Better yet, they can find someone with another llama of the opposite sex and make more. Make a living. Rather than help people I prefer to give them the means to help themselves.
 
steingar said:
In my formative culture the greatest charity one can give is furnish an anonymous recipient the means to make a living for themselves. The gift of a agricultural animal can do just that. For instance, a family can shear a llama to get wool, they can get milk from it (stuff's drinkable, or so I'm told) and they can eat it if it dies. Better yet, they can find someone with another llama of the opposite sex and make more. Make a living. Rather than help people I prefer to give them the means to help themselves.
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I think it might be better for them to slaughter it before it dies of natural causes. But I have no idea what llama meat tastes like.
 
JOhnH said:
I think it might be better for them to slaughter it before it dies of natural causes. But I have no idea what llama meat tastes like.
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Me neither, but I bet it tastes just fine if you're hungry. And you can make leather from its hide.
 
steingar said:
Me neither, but I bet it tastes just fine if you're hungry. And you can make leather from its hide.
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If it tastes like camel, you'd be better off eating the leather.

But the point of your post was valid.
 
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