// Black’s Law Dictionary, 9th ed., defines an endowment as: A gift of money or property to an institution (such as a university) for a specific purpose, esp. one in which the principal is kept intact and only the interest income from that principal is used. This is the popular definition familiar to most nonprofit [...]
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Permanent Endowment = Infinity and Beyond
// Most non-profits understand that if a fund is a permanent endowment, the principal must be preserved in perpetuity. Still, in my practice and in the ASU Lodestar Center course I teach on non-profit law, I am often surprised by how little some fundraising professionals understand about the mechanics of gift restrictions – particularly the implications of permanent [...]
