1. Foundations are divided into those that collect donations from the public and those that are not allowed to collect donations from the public. Public offering foundations are divided into national public offering foundations and local public offering foundations according to the geographical scope of raising;
2. According to the regulations, the foundation must be registered in the civil affairs department before it can operate legally. By its nature, it is a non-profit organization.
3. As a basic social organization and institutional form, foundations are different from governments, enterprises and general non-profit organizations. The basic characteristics of foundations are public welfare, non-profit, non-government and fund trust. Foundation is a collection of public welfare properties formed on the basis of donations, which exists in the form of funds. It has two meanings: first, the foundation is essentially a trust relationship, a public trust among donors, trustees and beneficiaries around public property, and its core value is good credibility; Second, the foundation is a collection of property in the form of public welfare property, and maintaining and increasing the value through effective property operation is the embodiment of its vitality.
Benefits of the fund:
1. Gather small funds: ordinary investors generally have limited funds, and many markets demand high funds from participants, so ordinary investors will lose many opportunities. Investment funds can solve this problem and provide a channel for small investors to enter various investment markets;
2. Diversify investment and control risks: investment funds can choose to invest in various fields, industries and varieties;
3. Expert investment: fund managers have more professional research ability and can obtain more stable return on investment for investors;
4. Information transparency: Fund management companies will disclose the prospectus to investors, and the regular reports include semi-annual reports, annual reports, fund portfolio announcements, fund net worth announcements and public prospectus.
To sum up, individuals or companies can choose two different tax payment methods: first, they can give part of their income to the government as tax; Secondly, as a social donation to charity. There is no order or difference between the two. In this way, instead of paying taxes to the government and letting the government decide the expenditure of this fee, individuals and enterprises might as well use part of their income as social feedback and directly use it for public welfare or welfare undertakings.
Legal basis:
Article 1 of the Regulations on the Administration of Foundations
In order to standardize the organization and activities of foundations, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of foundations, donors and beneficiaries, and promote social forces to participate in public welfare undertakings, these Regulations are formulated.
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The term "foundation" as mentioned in these Regulations refers to a non-profit legal person established in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations to engage in public welfare undertakings by using the property donated by natural persons, legal persons or other organizations.