12 CFR 192.565
§ 192.565 Contents of organizational documents of charitable organization.
United States · 12 CFR — Banks and Banking · Status: effective
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- 12 CFR 192.565, § 192.565 Contents of organizational documents of charitable organization, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/44002
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The charitable organization's charter (or trust agreement) and gift instrument must provide that:
(a) The charitable organization's primary purpose is to serve and make grants in the savings association's local community;
(b) As long as the charitable organization controls shares, it must vote those shares in the same ratio as all other shares voted on each proposal considered by the savings association's shareholders;
(c) For at least five years after its organization, one seat on the charitable organization's board of directors (or board of trustees) is reserved for an independent director (or trustee) from the savings association's local community. This director may not be an officer, director, or employee of the savings association or of an affiliate of the savings association, and should have experience with local community charitable organizations and grant making; and
(d) For at least five years after its organization, one seat on the charitable organization's board of directors (or board of trustees) is reserved for a director from the savings association's board of directors or the board of directors of an acquiror or resulting institution in the event of a merger or acquisition of the savings association.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.