I'm thinking like Joe that the estates and all that have been handed over to the organization for years now by the older generation of JW's who are now passing probably, if they are as savvy as I think they may be, yielding a regular source of income for them. That they have to deal with the occasional embarrassing 'gifts' like shares in Phillip Morris and Rand Cam is case in point. I'm sure that some of the old folks from the 70's and before that did have some wealth ~ and we all knew of wealthy members of the congregation that did ~ might have made some good investments out there.

The more I write this the more depressing it gets because they may indeed have money enough to continue on for some time smiley: frown 

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

t.s.eliot