TrustKit is a tool being built to help you inventory everything you own, track trust funding status, and create a restoration playbook — so the people you love never have to guess.
A living trust is a legal entity you create during your lifetime that holds ownership of your assets. You control everything while you are alive — but when you pass away or become incapacitated, your chosen successor trustee steps in and manages everything according to your instructions.
A legal agreement that creates a separate entity to hold your property. You (the grantor) set the rules. You name a trustee (usually yourself) and a successor trustee who takes over when you cannot.
This is where most people fail. Creating a trust is only half the job. You must retitle your assets into the trust — your house, bank accounts, investments. An unfunded trust protects nothing.
Assets inside a funded trust skip probate entirely. No court proceedings, no public record, no 6–18 month delays. Your family gets access immediately, privately, according to your wishes.
Estate planning is not about death. It is about protecting the people who depend on you — while you are alive and after.
A judge — not your family — determines who gets what. The process is public, expensive, and slow.
Do they know about every bank account? Every insurance policy? Every investment? Every digital asset? Every debt? Most families discover accounts months or years later — some never.
The average probate takes 6–18 months. Complex estates can take years. Meanwhile, bills pile up, properties sit vacant, and families fight.
Attorney fees, court costs, executor fees. In many states, probate costs 3–7% of the estate value. On a $500K estate, that is $15,000–$35,000 gone.
Even people who have a trust face a critical gap: there is no good tool to inventory everything they own, track what has been funded into the trust, and create a restoration playbook for the person who will take over.
Your assets live across dozens of institutions, accounts, apps, and filing cabinets. No single document lists them all. When something happens to you, your family starts from zero.
You created the trust. Your attorney retitled the house. But what about the brokerage account? The car titles? The LLC? Most people have no idea what is actually in their trust and what is not.
Your successor trustee is named in the document — but do they know where to find everything? Do they know who your insurance agent is? Your CPA? Your financial advisor? Where the keys are?
Spreadsheets are fragile. Paper binders get lost. Attorney portals are locked behind billable hours. There is no purpose-built tool that connects your inventory to your trust to your successor.
TrustKit is being designed as a three-layer system: inventory everything you own, track trust funding status for each asset, and generate a complete restoration playbook for your successor trustee.
A guided walkthrough across 10 categories that captures everything — real estate, vehicles, bank accounts, investments, insurance, business interests, digital assets, intellectual property, valuables, and debts.
For every asset in your inventory, track whether it has been retitled into your trust. See your funding percentage at a glance. Know exactly what still needs to be done — and what to tell your attorney.
A complete, organized document — digital or printable — that your successor trustee can follow step by step. Every asset, every account, every contact, every instruction. Nothing gets lost. Nothing gets missed.
You do not need to be wealthy to need this. If you own a home, have a bank account, or care about someone — you need a plan.
You just bought a house and had a kid. What happens if both parents are in an accident? Who knows where everything is? Who steps in?
Your parents have a trust they set up 15 years ago. Is it funded? Do they even remember what is in it? Can you help them inventory before it is too late?
You have an LLC, commercial property, equipment, IP. Is your business interest in your trust? If you are incapacitated tomorrow, can your partner operate without you?
VA benefits, SGLI, TSP, military pensions. You serve to protect others. Protect your own family by making sure they know where everything is.
TrustKit is a BENED project. BENED builds technology that serves families across generations — not just the current user, but the people who come after them.
"Most software is built for the individual, for the moment. We build for the family, for the future. Every tool in the BENED ecosystem is designed so that the person who inherits it can pick up where you left off."
Your financial life is nobody else's business. TrustKit will be built with local-first storage and encryption. Your data stays yours.
We teach you what a trust is, why it matters, and what funding means before we ever ask you to enter data. Understanding comes first.
Every BENED product is designed so that a successor — a family member, a trustee, a guardian — can step in and understand the full picture.
This is not about moving fast and breaking things. This is about building something your grandchildren will use to protect their families too.
TrustKit is in active development within the BENED ecosystem. Here is what is planned:
Publish the concept. Educate people on trusts, probate, and estate planning. Gather community input through BENED Discourse. Validate that this solves a real problem.
Authenticated, encrypted asset inventory tool. Local-first storage with optional cloud sync. Guided entry across all 10 asset categories.
Connect inventory to trust structure. Track funding status per asset. Generate action items for your attorney. See your funding percentage in real time.
Generate a complete successor trustee guide — digital and printable. Secure sharing with designated family members. Emergency access protocols.
TrustKit is part of the BENED ecosystem. If this resonates with you — if you have been thinking about trusts, estate planning, or just making sure your family is taken care of — we want to hear from you.
Your feedback shapes what gets built next. Every conversation matters.