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Money left to registered charities went up to almost \u20ac500 million in 2024, some 40% up from five years ago.<\/p>\n
Cancer charity KWF again tops the list, with \u20ac79,842,000, followed by M\u00e9decins sans Fronti\u00e8res (\u20ac22,052,000) and the Salvation Army (\u20ac21,700,000), according to figures from charity donations monitor CBF and quoted by broadcaster NOS<\/a>.<\/p>\n Animal protection society Dierenbescherming, which collected \u20ac19,470,000, ended up in fifth place among popular charities. Donations for its work have doubled from \u20ac10 to \u20ac20 million in 10 years.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are always surprised when people give us all they have or part of it to the Dierenbescherming. It\u2019s very special,\u201d the organisation\u2019s executor Jana van Muijden told broadcaster NOS.<\/p>\n According to professor of inheritance law Bernard Schols, more people are including charities in their wills, particularly the wealthy and those without children. \u201cI see rich parents who feel their children should be pulling their own weight in life,\u201d he told the broadcaster.<\/p>\n Not all children agree, and wills are increasingly contested, he said. \u201cBut charities can\u2019t do anything about it; the deceased\u2019s will is what matters,\u201d Schold said.<\/p>\n Some 54% of the over 55s have made wills, according to charity donations report Geven in Nederland<\/a> and some 8% have included a charity. Researchers expect the annual total given to charities to rise to \u20ac2.1 billion and, in the best-case scenario, to \u20ac6.7 billion by 2048.<\/p>\n Charity<\/a> Society<\/a> Thank you for donating to DutchNews.nl.<\/p>\n We could not provide the Dutch News service, and keep it free of charge, without the generous support of our readers. Your donations allow us to report on issues you tell us matter, and provide you with a summary of the most important Dutch news each day.<\/p>\n