Program-related investment. Section 4944(c) and
corresponding regulations define a program-related investment
as one that is made primarily to accomplish a charitable purpose
of the foundation and no substantial purpose of which is to
produce investment income or a capital gain from the sale of the
investment. Examples of program-related investments include
educational loans to individuals and low-interest loans to other
section 501(c)(3) organizations.
General instructions. Report all program-related investments
made in the current tax year. Don't report any investments made
in a prior year even if they were still held by the foundation in the
current tax year.
Report in the amount column only the amounts of
program-related investments that may be treated as qualifying
distributions. Don't report in the amount column (1) the amount
of a loan guarantee except to the extent that the foundation
makes a guarantee payment that would be a qualifying
distribution, or (2) the amount of a program-related investment in
an organization described in the exceptions set forth in the Part I,
line 25, column (d), instructions. If an amount isn't reportable in
the amount column, then report it in the column describing the
program-related investment.
Investments consisting of loans to individuals (such as
educational loans) aren't required to be listed separately but may
be grouped with other program-related investments of the same
type. Loans to other section 501(c)(3) organizations and all other
types of program-related investments must be listed separately
on lines 1 through 3 or on an attachment.
Lines 1 and 2. List the two largest program-related investments
made by the foundation in 2025, if any, whether or not the
investments were still held by the foundation at the end of the
year. If none, enter “NONE.”
Line 3. Combine all other program-related investments and
enter the total on line 3 in the Amount column. List the individual
investments or groups of investments included (attach a
schedule, if necessary).
Tip: The total of lines 1 through 3 in the Amount column must
equal the amount reported on line 1b of Part XI.