On June 28, 2022, the Office of the Leading Group for Combating and Rectifying Illegal Social Organizations of the Ministry of Civil Affairs announced the list of some illegal social organizations banned by local civil affairs departments according to law (the tenth batch), and the World Environmental Protection Entrepreneurship Foundation was on the list.
Penalty announcement:
On June 2065438+2009 1 1, the Civil Affairs Department of Zhejiang Province issued an announcement: by the end of April, civil affairs departments at all levels in Zhejiang Province had cracked down on 22 illegal social organizations, among which the World Environmental Protection Entrepreneurship Foundation was among them.
Related information:
A foundation refers to a non-profit legal person established for the purpose of engaging in public welfare undertakings by using the property donated by natural persons, legal persons or other organizations in accordance with the provisions of these regulations. Foundations are divided into those that raise funds for the public and those that are not allowed to raise funds for the public. According to the geographical scope of fundraising, public offering foundations are divided into national public offering foundations and local public offering foundations. According to the Regulations on the Administration of Foundations, foundations must be registered with the civil affairs department before they can operate legally. Essentially, foundations are non-profit organizations.