Apr 21, 2009 1:31 pm US/Eastern
Helmsley Estate: $136M To Charity, $1M To Dogs
NEW YORK (AP) ―
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Leona Helmsley's dog, Trouble, now has a trust fund worth only $2 million after a Manhattan Judge ordered the other $10 million to be donated to Helmsley's charity.
AP
Trustees of real estate baroness Leona Helmsley's estate say they're giving $136 million to charity with just $1 million going to the dogs.
Helmsley's estate announced its first round of charitable grants on Tuesday. The largest, $40 million, goes to New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The majority goes to New York City hospitals and other health care systems across the country.
Helmsley's estate distributed $1 million to 10 animal rights groups, including $100,000 to the ASPCA.
Animal rights groups rejoiced last year at reports that Helmsley who died in 2007 at age 87 wanted her multibillion-dollar fortune to go exclusively to dog-related charities. A court ruled in February that the trustees had sole authority to decide which charities could benefit from her estate.
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