>> "smart"? I'm not so sure. That assumes doing good deeds later (forever later really) is more valuable than doing them now/soon. I can see both sides of the

>> "smart"? I'm not so sure. That assumes doing good deeds later (forever later really) is more valuable than doing them now/soon. I can see both sides of the argument here. I think we can at least appreciate many instances of endowments. A great example might be universities...some of which have been around for hundreds of years c/o endowments. It also allows individual programs and facilities to be funded forever so they do not need to fight yearly for budgets. https://www.harvard.edu/about/endowment/ https://www.harvard.edu/about/endowment/