Understanding Charitable Organizations in the United States Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

in 1850, the Harvard Musical Association, a charitable organization in Boston, raised over $100,000 for the construction of the Boston Music Hall (pictured) in under 60 days.

the Jesus Army, a British Christian outreach organisation, has been condemned by the Cult Information Centre, another British charity.

the Seashell Trust is the oldest charity for deaf children in North West England.

according to a survey by Reader's Digest, the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is New Zealand's second most trusted charity.

Table to Table is an Israeli charity that collects leftover and surplus food, gathering enough each week to provide 12,000 to 14,000 meals and 40 to 50 tons of produce.

Hamdard (Wakf) Laboratories, the world's largest manufacturer of Unani medicines, reinvests all its profits into charitable activities.

Maria Antonescu, wife of Romania's World War II dictator Ion Antonescu, presided over charities financed though the extortion of local Jews.

Mexico's largest pawnbroker, Nacional Monte de Piedad, is legally recognized as a charity.

Understanding Charitable Organizations in the United States

1 The IRS, except in rare circumstances, refers to all organizations qualifying for exemption under ________ as charities.

2 ________

3 In the ________ a charitable organization is an organization that is organized and operated for purposes that are beneficial to the public interest,[17] however a distinction is made between types of charitable organizations.

4 A charitable organization is a type of ________ (NPO).

5 charitable, educational, ________, or other activities serving the public interest or common good).

6 The 20,000 or so charities in ________ are registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), which also publishes a Register of charities online.

7 United States ________

8 Examples of operating foundations or public charities include the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, American Cancer Society, Inc., and the ________.

9 Examples of a non-operating private foundation would be the ________ and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

10 It can, however, register as a charity with ________.

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