private foundation

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private foundation - a charity that does not receive a major part of its support from the public

charity - a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)

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charity			I cannot but think, with a view to the principle and its tendency to elevate or depress the character of the industrious classes, that a Public Charity is immeasurably better than a Private Foundation, no matter how munificently the latter may be endowed. American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context			Pristis Pristis pectinatus Pritch Pritchel Pritchett prithee prittle-prattle Pritzelago Pritzelago alpina priv. privacy Privado Privatdocent private Private act private bar private bill private citizen private company private corporation private detective private enterprise private eye Private Finance Initiative private first class private foundation private health insurance private hotel private income private instructor Private international law private investigator private language private law private life private limited company private line private member private member's bill private nuisance private parts private patient private pay bed private practice private press private property private road private school private secretary private sector private security force			Private Fee-For-Service private file Private file-sharing networks Private Finance Initiative Private Finance Initiative Private Finance Initiative Company Private Financial Fund Private Financial Services Provider Private Financing Advisory Network Private Financing of Public Infrastructure Private firm Private firm Private firm private first class private first class Private First Class In Charge Private First Class of Marines Private Fixed Services/Paging Private Fleet Management Institute Private Flood Insurance Program Private Foreign Currency Account Private Forest Development Program Private Forest Land Act Private Forest Landowners Association Private Forest Management Team Private Forest Reserves Program Private Forestry in Southern Queensland Private Forestry North Queensland private foundation Private foundation/Temp Private Franchises Private Franchises Private Franchises Private Franchises Private Fuel Storage Facility Private Fuel Storage, LLC Private Funding of Federal Election Campaigns Private Further Education and Training Colleges Private Game Reserve Private Generating Plant Private Generic Top Level Domain Private Global Area Private Golf Connections, Inc. Private Gross Fixed Capital Formation Private Guardian Support Unit Private Health Industry Quality and Safety Committee private health insurance private health insurance Private Health Insurance Administration Council Private Health Insurance Complaints Commission Private Health Insurance Incentives Scheme Private Health Insurance Ombudsman Private Health Services Plan Private Healthcare Systems Private high school Private high school Private Higher Education Institute Private Hire Car Driver

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