U.S Code last checked for updates: Aug 02, 2025
§ 80a–3a.
Protection of philanthropy under State law
(a)
Registration requirements
(b)
Treatment of charitable organizations
(1)
a charitable organization;
(2)
a fund that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 80a–3(c)(10)(B) of this title; or
(3)
a trust or other donative instrument described in section 80a–3(c)(10)(B) of this title, or the settlors (or potential settlors) or beneficiaries of any such trusts or other instruments.
(c)
State action
(d)
Definitions
For purposes of this section—
(1)
the term “charitable organization” means an organization described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 170(c) or section 501(c)(3) of title 26;
(2)
the term “security” has the same meaning as in section 78c of this title; and
(3)
the term “State” means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(Pub. L. 104–62, § 6, Dec. 8, 1995, 109 Stat. 685.)
cite as: 15 USC 80a-3a