ZACK ROSS FOUNDATION IS A PRIVATE OPERATING FOUNDATION

 

Private Operating Foundations

In general, a private operating foundation is a private foundation that devotes most of its resources to the active conduct of its exempt activities.

Private Pass-through ) are gen­erally limited to 30 Foundation . Also, contributions to private oper­ating foundations described in Internal Revenue Code section 4942(j)(3) are deductible by the donors to the extent of 50 percent of the donor’s adjusted gross income, whereas contributions to all other private foun­dations (except those discussed under excise tax on failure to distribute income that gener­ally apply to private foundation activity. How­ever, operating foundations are not subject to the restrictions and to the other requirements and tax on net investment incomeA private foundation may qualify for treatment as a private operating foundation. These founda­tions generally are still subject to the percent of the donor’s adjusted gross income.  In addition, a private operating foundation may receive qualifying distributions from a private foundation if the private founda­tion does not control it.