Yes—your charitable remainder trust (CRT) can name your own family foundation or private charity as the beneficiary after you pass away. It’s completely legitimate as long as the foundation operates as a real charitable organization.
What you can’t do is funnel the money into lifestyle perks. No luxury cars, no vacations disguised as charity work. The IRS watches private foundations very closely.
But if your mission is real—supporting your community, funding education, helping families, building clinics or orphanages—then directing your CRT remainder to your own foundation is a powerful, legal, and meaningful strategy.
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