Wednesday, April 22, 2009

$$$ Going Down...


"Trustees of real estate baroness Leona Helmsley's estate say they're giving $136 million to charity -- with just $1 million going to the dogs.

Helmsley's estate announced its first round of charitable grants on Tuesday. The largest, $40 million, goes to New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The majority goes to New York City hospitals and other health care systems across the country.

Helmsley's estate distributed $1 million to 10 animal rights groups, including $100,000 to the ASPCA.

Animal rights groups rejoiced last year at reports that Helmsley -- who died in 2007 at age 87 -- wanted her multibillion-dollar fortune to go exclusively to dog-related charities. A court ruled in February that the trustees had sole authority to decide which charities could benefit from her estate".

I wonder how Trouble her little Maltese is doing?

1 comment:

  1. All I know is if I left a will saying all my money was to go to dog charities or whatever, that's what I would want to happen.

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