11 V.S.A. § 561: Prohibited acts

No corporation which is a “private foundation” as defined in section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, shall:

(1) engage in any act of “self-dealing” (as defined in section 4941(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), which would give rise to any liability for the tax imposed by section 4941(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;

(2) retain any “excess business holdings” (as defined in section 4943(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), which would give rise to any liability for the tax imposed by section 4943(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;

(3) make any investment which would jeopardize the carrying out of any of its exempt purposes, within the meaning of section 4944 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, so as to give rise to any liability for the tax imposed by section 4944(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and

(4) make any “taxable expenditures” (as defined in section 4945(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) which would give rise to any liability for the tax imposed by section 4945(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.