All your assets need to be considered when making an estate plan. Involuntary philanthropists are philanthropists by default. That is, they failed to plan ahead and they donated to the Internal Revenue Service. You can see from this chart that involuntary philanthropists lose large portions of their wealth to the government in the form of taxes. Let's look at the smart side.
Voluntary philanthropists plan ahead.
They choose how the dollars they have earned over their lifetimes will be distributed. Look at the difference. These individuals planned well. They made use of charitable tax planning. They protected nearly all of their wealth.