If you “inherit” a Charitable Foundation from your parents, is that just as good as inheriting the cash? Can you do anything through the Foundation?

Question

Many people seem to believe that “inheriting” e.g. The Gates Foundation is just as profitable as inheriting tens of billions in cash. My gut tells me that charitable law must be more complicated than that. What’s the truth?

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Answer 1

No, you use them to make bribes. A new school in the town where you want to build a marginally dodgy chemical factory, that sort of thing.