In this chapter,

1. (1) “charitable purpose” means the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or religion, the promotion of health, the promotion of a governmental purpose, or another purpose the achievement of which is beneficial to the community;
2. (2) “endowment fund” means an institutional fund, or part of an institutional fund, not wholly expendable by the institution on a current basis under the terms of a gift instrument; the term does not include assets of an institution designated by an institution as an endowment fund for its own use;
3. (3) “gift instrument” means a record, including an institutional solicitation, under which property is granted to, transferred to, or held by an institutional fund;

4. (4) “institution” means

   1. (A) a person, other than an individual, organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes;
   2. (B) a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, to the extent that it holds funds exclusively for a charitable purpose; or
   3. (C) a trust that had both charitable and noncharitable interests, after all noncharitable interests have terminated;

5. (5) “institutional fund” means a fund held by an institution exclusively for charitable purposes; the term does not include

   1. (A) program-related assets;
   2. (B) a fund held for an institution by a trustee who is not an institution; or
   3. (C) a fund in which a beneficiary who is not an institution has an interest, other than an interest that could arise on a violation or failure of the purposes of the fund;
6. (6) “person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or another legal or commercial entity;
7. (7) “program-related asset” means an asset held by an institution primarily to accomplish a charitable purpose of the institution and not primarily for appreciation or the production of income;
8. (8) “record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.