Joan Kroc, McDonald's heiress, bequeathed an unprecedented $1.5 billion to The Salvation Army in 2003 for building community (Kroc) centers. However, her will's strict conditions—requiring local matching funds and dictating how the money was used—created significant "golden handcuffs" for the organization. This led to slow, complex implementation, financial sustainability challenges, and concerns about mission drift, widely reported as problematic despite the eventual success of many Kroc Centers.