This does not disqualify look through treatment for the trust since the charity’s interest here is limited to that of a successor beneficiary only. Below is a copy of the IRS Reg:

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(c) Successor beneficiary—(1) A person will not be considered a beneficiary for purposes of determining who is the beneficiary with the shortest life expectancy under paragraph (a) of this A–7, or whether a person who is not an individual is a beneficiary, merely because the person could become the successor to the interest of one of the employee’s beneficiaries after that beneficiary’s death. However, the preceding sentence does not apply to a person who has any right (including a contingent right) to an employee’s benefit beyond being a mere potential successor to the interest of one of the employee’s beneficiaries upon that beneficiary’s death. Thus, for example, if the first beneficiary has a right to all income with respect to an employee’s individual account during that beneficiary’s life and a second beneficiary has a right to the principal but only after the death of the first income beneficiary (any portion of the principal distributed during the life of the first income beneficiary to be held in trust until that first beneficiary’s death), both beneficiaries must be taken into account in determining the beneficiary with the shortest life expectancy and whether only individuals are beneficiaries.

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