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Are_we_sure ago

You don't like the American way? Whaddya, a Commie?

...just read your previous post. You seem to have made a mistake and confused two separate Cafritz entities.

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation is not the source of Pamela Cafritz's money. The foundation is a non profit 501(c)3 corporation as you can see on their 990 tax return. http://www.foundationsearch.com/990/ARCHIVE/5/MORRIS%20AND%20GWENDOLYN%20CAFRITZ%20FOUNDATION%202008%20526036989.PDF

As you note

Out of her six figure annual stipend from her father’s trust, Miss Cafritz paid for all of Mr. Raniere’s personal living expenses for many years.

Pamela Cafritz got her money from a trust fund not the family foundation. 501(c)3 money can't just spent on your own family. This is why Trump's charity is going to have to dissolve. He was using the money to pay personal debts or buy things for himself or even for campaign expenses. In the words of the NY AG, he was using the foundation as a person checkbook.

A trust fund is about distributing family money usually to future generations, kids or grandkids. You can take a chunk of money and rather than giving it to them all at once, guarantee them an income every year. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/trust-fund.asp

If I'm worth 10 billion dollars and give 5 billion to setup a charitable foundation, that is now the foundations money. Not mine and I only have 5 billion left. I may be on the board of the foundation and direct the grants, but the grants need to made under IRS rules for non profits. I can't just give them to my kids. If I want to distribute money to my kids, I can setup a trust fund, but I have to do that with my money.

Info on Trump's charity being sued by New York State. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-trump-foundation/new-york-sues-trump-and-his-charity-over-self-dealing-idUSKBN1JA26G