Definitions for "Pooled income fund"
a type of U.S. charitable remainder trust where the contributions of donors are commingled, and each income beneficiary receives a pro rata share of the net income.
A trust maintained by a charity. A donor contributes money or other property to the fund and retains, or gives to another, a life income interest in his or her proportionate share of the fund's future income. The donor also irrevocably assigns the remainder interest to the maintaining charity. The fund operates as a separate trust with numerous donors. All of the assets separately contributed to the fund are commingled for investment and administrative purposes.
Was created by the 1969 Tax Reform Act and is a fund maintained by the charity in which all life income gifts are pooled for investment purposes, with income shared proportionally among the participants. Upon death of the income beneficiaries, the principal is distributed to the charity. Payment schedules are stated in the trust document that is issued by the charity, the language of which is prescribed by the IRS.
Keywords:  donation, investment
a donation and an investment