26 U.S.C. § 509
Private foundation defined
United States · Title 26 — INTERNAL REVENUE CODE · Status: effective
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For purposes of this title, the term “private foundation” means a domestic or foreign organization described in section 501(c)(3) other than—
an organization which—
normally receives more than one-third of its support in each taxable year from any combination of—
normally receives not more than one-third of its support in each taxable year from the sum of—
an organization which—
is—
For purposes of this title, if an organization is a private foundation (within the meaning of subsection (a)) on October 9, 1969, or becomes a private foundation on any subsequent date, such organization shall be treated as a private foundation for all periods after October 9, 1969, or after such subsequent date, unless its status as such is terminated under section 507.
For purposes of this part, an organization the status of which as a private foundation is terminated under section 507 shall (except as provided in section 507(b)(2)) be treated as an organization created on the day after the date of such termination.
For purposes of this part and chapter 42, the term “support” includes (but is not limited to)—
For purposes of subsection (d), the term “gross investment income” means the gross amount of income from interest, dividends, payments with respect to securities loans (as defined in section 512(a)(5)), rents, and royalties, but not including any such income to the extent included in computing the tax imposed by section 511. Such term shall also include income from sources similar to those in the preceding sentence.
For purposes of subsection (a)(3)(B)(iii), an organization shall not be considered to be operated in connection with any organization described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) unless such organization meets the following requirements:
For each taxable year beginning after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the organization provides to each supported organization such information as the Secretary may require to ensure that such organization is responsive to the needs or demands of the supported organization.
The organization is not operated in connection with any supported organization that is not organized in the United States.
If the organization is operated in connection with an organization that is not organized in the United States on the date of the enactment of this subsection, clause (i) shall not apply until the first day of the third taxable year of the organization beginning after the date of the enactment of this subsection.
For purposes of subsection (a)(3)(B), an organization shall not be considered to be—
A person is described in this subparagraph if, with respect to a supported organization of an organization described in subparagraph (A), such person is—
For purposes of this subsection, the term “supported organization” means, with respect to an organization described in subsection (a)(3), an organization described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a)—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- An Act to exclude from gross income gains from the condemnation of certain forest lands held in trust for the Klamath Indian Tribe.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the treatment of mutual or cooperative telephone company income from nonmember telephone companies, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Pension Protection Act of 2006