A charitable remainder trust pays income to you, or to someone you name, for life or for a set term of years, and then passes whatever is left to the charities you chose. It is one of several ways to leave money to charity. The others are a charitable bequest in your will, a beneficiary designation on an account, and a charitable lead trust, which runs the same idea in reverse.
Which one fits depends on the size of the gift, the kind of asset involved, and whethe