{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-170","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 53-12-170","heading":"Definition; charitable purposes.","body":"(a) A charitable trust is a trust in which the settlor provides that the trust property shall be used exclusively for charitable purposes.\n(b) Charitable purposes shall include:\n(1) The relief of poverty;\n(2) The advancement of education;\n(3) The advancement of ethics and religion;\n(4) The advancement of health;\n(5) The advancement of science and the arts and humanities;\n(6) The protection and preservation of the environment;\n(7) The improvement, maintenance, or repair of cemeteries, other places of disposition of human remains, and memorials;\n(8) The prevention of cruelty to animals;\n(9) Governmental purposes; and\n(10) Other similar subjects having for their object the relief of human suffering or the promotion of human civilization.","path":["TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates","CHAPTER 12 Trusts","Article 9 Charitable Trusts"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.53.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"5eb5ba4c3c1d87c52ea99aa083e1cef7036b38befd6bcf99876d888d190cfc25","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-159","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-171"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}