Charity definition

Charity means a body which is either a “Scottish charity” within the meaning of section 13 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 or a “charity” within the meaning of section 1 of the Charities Act 2006, providing (in either case) that its objects are limited to charitable purposes;
Charity means an entity described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code or any trust all the beneficiaries of which are such entities.
Charity means any organization that is organized and operated for a purpose described in Section 170(c) of the Code (determined without reference to Code Section 170(c)(2)(A)) and described in Code Sections 2055(a) and 2522.

Examples of Charity in a sentence

  • The Independent Charity Public Concern at Work whose lawyers are available to give free confidential advice at any point in the process.

  • They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

  • The ‘Commission’ means the Charity Commission, the regulator for charities in England and Wales.

  • The Charity has an open recruitment process for appointment of new trustees who serve an initial term of four years after which they may be appointed for a consecutive four-year term.

  • Your Trust Charity is their chosen charity for a further year and the students and teachers are active fundraisers.


More Definitions of Charity

Charity means a body which is either a Scottish charity, or a “charity” within the meaning of section 1 of the Charities Act 2011, providing (in either case) that its objects are limited to charitable purposes;
Charity means a registered charity as defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada) which has a registration number issued by the Canada Revenue Agency, or a successor agency;
Charity means a body of persons, or the trustees of a trust, established for charitable purposes only;
Charity means amount paid by the Trustee, upon instruction of the Management Company and in consultation with the Shariah Advisor, out of the income of the Fund to Charitable Trust/welfare organization, representing income which is impermissible /Haram.
Charity means any institution, corporate or not, which is established for charitable purposes and is subject to the control of the High Court in exercise of the Court’s jurisdiction with respect to charities;
Charity means a body entered in the Scottish Charity Register,
Charity means any body of persons or trust established for charitable purposes only;