Foundations and endowment funds, being a part of the non-profit sector, have their integral place in the civil sector of the Czech Republic. The main mission of foundations and endowment funds is to achieve public benefit which, under the current legislation, foundations achieve primarily by providing grants to third parties. However, they can only fulfil such purpose if they have a sufficient income. This paper aims to summarise the theoretical and practical possibilities of obtaining financial resources by foundation entities and their classification. The paper is largely influenced by the recodification of private law; upon the new Civil Code coming into effect on 1 January 2014, there will be a significant liberalisation of the foundation law and the legislation applicable to foundations and endowment funds will be completely transferred to the new legal regulation under the umbrella term "foundation". The introductory part of the paper summarises the present and future legislation applicable to foundation entities, defines their position in the civil sector, and discusses the historical development that had an impact on the current funding of foundations and endowment funds. The second part of the paper classifies foundation entities by various criteria, since it is primarily the typology of...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:327789 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Espinoza, Blanka |
| Contributors | Marková, Hana, Boháč, Radim |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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