Section 18502 Of Part 7. Uniform Prudent Management Of Institutional Funds Act From California Probate Code >> Division 9. >> Part 7.
18502
. As used in this part, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
(a) "Charitable purpose" means the relief of poverty, the
advancement of education or religion, the promotion of health, the
promotion of a governmental purpose, or any other purpose the
achievement of which is beneficial to the community.
(b) "Endowment fund" means an institutional fund or part thereof
that, under the terms of a gift instrument, is not wholly expendable
by the institution on a current basis. The term does not include
assets that an institution designates as an endowment fund for its
own use.
(c) "Gift instrument" means a record or records, including an
institutional solicitation, under which property is granted to,
transferred to, or held by an institution as an institutional fund.
(d) "Institution" means any of the following:
(1) A person, other than an individual, organized and operated
exclusively for charitable purposes.
(2) A government or governmental subdivision, agency, or
instrumentality, to the extent that it holds funds exclusively for a
charitable purpose.
(3) A trust that had both charitable and noncharitable interests,
after all noncharitable interests have terminated.
(e) "Institutional fund" means a fund held by an institution
exclusively for charitable purposes. The term does not include any of
the following:
(1) Program-related assets.
(2) A fund held for an institution by a trustee that is not an
institution.
(3) A fund in which a beneficiary that is not an institution has
an interest, other than an interest that could arise upon violation
or failure of the purposes of the fund.
(f) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust,
estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association,
joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental
subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or
commercial entity.
(g) "Program-related asset" means an asset held by an institution
primarily to accomplish a charitable purpose of the institution and
not primarily for investment.
(h) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible
medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is
retrievable in perceivable form.