Private foundations | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-02-08

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00:01:02 1 Description
00:02:05 2 Common law
00:02:18 2.1 Bahamas
00:02:35 2.2 United States
00:05:01 3 Civil law
00:05:15 3.1 Austria
00:05:32 3.2 Canada
00:06:40 3.3 Liechtenstein
00:06:55 3.4 Mauritius
00:07:10 3.5 Netherlands
00:07:33 3.6 Netherlands Antilles
00:07:52 3.7 Nevis
00:08:06 3.8 Panama
00:08:22 3.9 Saint Kitts
00:08:37 3.10 Seychelles
00:08:52 3.11 Sweden
00:09:49 4 See also



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A private foundation is a charitable organization that, while serving a good cause, might not qualify as a public charity by government standards. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest private foundation in the U.S. with over $38 billion in assets. Most private foundations are much smaller. Approximately two-thirds of the more than 84,000 foundations which file with the IRS, in 2008, have less than $1 million in assets, and 93% have less than $10 million in assets. In aggregate, private foundations in the U.S. control over $628 billion in assets and made more than $44 billion in charitable contributions in 2007.Unlike a charitable foundation, a private foundation does not generally solicit funds from the public. And a private foundation does not have the legal requirements and reporting responsibilities of a registered, non-profit or charitable foundation. Not all foundations engage in philanthropy: some private foundations are used for estate planning purposes.