They're not taking it to the grave - Concord Monitor Online - Concord, NH 03301

They're not taking it to the grave - Concord Monitor Online - Concord, NH 03301: "hey're not taking it to the grave
More seniors are donating bequests


By MEG HECKMAN
Monitor staff
August 22. 2005 8:00AM

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efore knocking on heaven's door, an increasing number of New Hampshire residents are signing over their assets to schools, environmental groups or other charities.

Granite Staters have a reputation as some of the stingiest givers in the nation, but that changes when they die. Local nonprofits report that benefactors who made regular, but modest, donations while alive are leaving hugeposthumous gifts to their favorite good cause. The Concord SPCA, for example, recently received a house from an animal-lover with no heirs. The Women's Fund has been promised portions of life insurance policies, and charities of every stripe are affixing 'in memory of'plaques to new building projects."