Definition of Private foundation

1. Noun. A charity that does not receive a major part of its support from the public.

Generic synonyms: Charity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Private Foundation

private-wire houses
private branch exchange
private candidate
private candidates
private corporation
private cost
private detective
private detectives
private enterprise number
private enterprise numbers
private eye
private eyes
private foundation (current term)
private instructor
private investigator
private investigators
private joke
private jokes
private judgment
private key
private law
private limited liability company
private line
private nuisance
private property
private road

Literary usage of Private foundation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Institutes: A Textbook of the History and System of Roman Private Law by Rudolf Sohm, Bernhard Erwin Grüber (1907)
"Coupled, however, with this recognition a further rule was subsequently developed that no private foundation whatever, whether charitable or otherwise, ..."

2. The Institutes: A Textbook of the History and System of Roman Private Law by Rudolf Sohm, Bernhard Erwin Grüber (1907)
"Coupled, however, with this recognition a further rule was subsequently developed that no private foundation whatever, whether charitable or otherwise, ..."

3. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1830)
"... for the Appointment of Commissioners for the Regulation of the several Endowed Schools of public and private Foundation in Ireland. [16th July 1830. ..."

4. Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of by Arthur Wellesley Wellington (1860)
"They shall have the power to visit themselves, or to appoint visitors of the different schools of Royal or private foundation. They shall have the power to ..."

5. General Explanation of Tax Legislation Enacted in 1998: Report of the Joint edited by William Roth, Bill Archer (2000)
"In cases involving contributions to a private foundation (other than certain private ... Public inspection of private foundation annual returns (sec. ..."

6. Employers and Child Care: Benefiting Work and Family (1994)
"Of particular interest to employer-related child care organizations are prohibitions on self-dealing between the private foundation and its substantial ..."

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