While it is true the Descanso is undergoing restoration at Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris under the capable direction and supervision of David Kelly, the article "Rail Buffs Recall Era of Trolleys" (Part A, Jan . 20 gives the impression that the Descanso is owned by the museum while, in fact, it is the sole property of the Pacific Railroad Society, a charitable public-benefit corporation.
The committee report added, "Conversion to non-profit status to avoid a regulation would seem to defeat the purpose of the non-profit tax status, which is to provide an educational and charitable public purpose that justifies exemption from Federal taxes".
It is, in fact, a huge and very impressive charitable public aquarium, in a landmark building on the point where the Hull and Humber rivers meet.
And many of the winning Islamist candidates were not bearded fundamentalists but technocrats with records of charitable public service.
Anytime a superwealthy plutocrat makes a charitable donation, the public ought to be reminded that this is how our tax system works.
He inspected schools as though they were platoons, rallied corporate Seattle to create a charitable arm for public education, and cajoled voters into approving a $150 million school levy that they had rejected just months earlier.
Meanwhile, in Spain a charitable society opened a public theatre in a courtyard in the Calle de Sol in 1568, and in 1574 Spain's first purpose-built public theatre was constructed in Sevilla as a courtyard theatre.
The filming lasted two years, bringing to an end his association with the Guardian, but the series was a triumph, shown in 30 countries and placed (by a charitable foundation) in every public library in America.
Moreover, NCRP sees the question of whether a charitable donation serves the public good as not to be left just to the discretion of donors.
To be a valid charitable trust, the organisation must demonstrate both a charitable purpose and a public benefit.
