It’s a fair question. I think of religious establishments that exist with huge sums of wealth with few actual congregants. The Catholic Church has this reputat

It’s a fair question. I think of religious establishments that exist with huge sums of wealth with few actual congregants. The Catholic Church has this reputation, but the Episcopalian Church is probably a better example, because it has so few memebrs. A local Indian tribe is flush with cash despite from casinos despite having few actual members. Best example is the American Prohibition Party. It was endowed by some rich guy 100 years ago, so it’s still around. I have a hard time seeing anything pernicious in these examples. Living people donate wealth to silly things all the time. It’s hard to find a powerful institution that has power only because of some wealthy person long ago.