LEGAL STATUS: What is the legal status of the University?
FOUNDING AND GOVERNANCE: How was the University founded
and how is it governed today?
HOSPITALS: What is the legal status of Stanford Hospital
and Clinics? What is the legal status of Lucile Packard Children's
Hospital at Stanford? Are they part of the University?
SLAC: What is the legal status of the Stanford Linear
Accelerator Center (SLAC)? Is it part of the University?
HOOVER: What is the Hoover Institution on War Revolution
& Peace? Is it part of the University?
MUSEUM: What is the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center
for Visual Arts? Is it part of the University?
LEGAL STATUS: What is the legal status of the
University?
The University is a trust with corporate powers under the laws
of the State of California.
The University is a tax-exempt institution under section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code.
The governing body of the University is The Board of Trustees,
which has delegated broad authority to the University's President
to operate the University and to the University's faculty on certain
academic matters.
The formal legal name of the University is "The Board of
Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University."
FOUNDING AND GOVERNANCE: How was the University
founded and how is it governed today?
The Leland Stanford Junior University was founded by Senator and Mrs.
Leland Stanford on November 11, 1885 in memory of their only child.
The Founding Grant empowered The Board of Trustees to govern the University
in accordance with the purposes and requirements set forth in the
document. The activities that take place at Stanford or on behalf
of Stanford are to be in keeping with the terms of the Founding Grant
or its amendments.
Under the provisions of the Founding Grant, the Board of Trustees
(with a maximum membership of 35) is the custodian of the endowment
and all the properties of Stanford University. The Board administers
the invested fund, sets the annual budget, and determines policies
for the operation and control of the University. Among the powers
given to the Trustees is the power to appoint a President, who is
responsible for the management of the University and all of its
departments.
For a comprehensive description of the founding of the University
and its governance please see Administrative Guide Memo 11 at http://adminguide.stanford.edu/11.pdf.
HOSPITALS: What is the legal status of Stanford
Hospital and Clinics? What is the legal status of Lucile Packard
Children's Hospital at Stanford? Are they part of the University?
Stanford Hospital and Clinics is a non-profit, California corporation.
It is a tax-exempt institution under section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code. Its governing board is The Board of Directors
of the Stanford Hospital and Clinics.
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford is a nonprofit,
California corporation. It is a tax-exempt institution under section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Its governing board is
The Board of Directors of the Lucile Packard Children's
Hospital at Stanford.
The two hospitals are legal corporations separate from the University
and from each other.
There is no such legal entity as "Stanford University Medical
Center;" however, that term is often used to describe the
physical location where the hospitals and University's medical
school are located.
For more information, visit the hospital websites at http://www.lpch.org/
and http://www.stanfordhospital.com
SLAC: What is the legal status of the Stanford
Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)? Is it part of the University?
SLAC is an academic unit of the University performing basic research
in particle physics, astrophysics, and synchrotron radiation on behalf
of (and fully funded by) the U.S. Department of Energy. Please visit
the SLAC website at http://www.slac.stanford.edu/.
HOOVER: What is the Hoover Institution on War
Revolution & Peace? Is it part of the University?
The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy
research center devoted to advanced study of politics, economics,
and political economy. Founded in 1919 by Herbert Hoover, who later
became the thirty-first president of the United States, the Institution
originated as a specialized collection of documents on the causes
and consequences of World War I. The collection grew rapidly and soon
became one of the largest archives and most complete libraries in
the world devoted to political, economic, and social change in the
twentieth century.
The Hoover Institution is part of Stanford University and is part
of the University's tax-exempt status as a Section 501(c)(3) "public
charity." For more information, visit Hoover's website at http://www-hoover.stanford.edu.
MUSEUM: What is the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor
Center for Visual Arts? Is it part of the University?
Founded with the University in 1891 by Jane and Leland Stanford as
a memorial to their only child, the Leland Stanford Junior Museum
opened to the public in 1894 as one of the largest museums in the
United States. The Center had to be closed twice during its history
due to extensive damage caused by the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes. The
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts reopened in 1999
with strengthened collections on view in 27 galleries, special exhibitions,
and stimulating educational programs and events.
The Cantor Center is part of Stanford University and is part of
the University's tax-exempt status as a Section 501(c)(3) "public
charity." For more information, visit Cantor's website at http://www.stanford.edu/dept/SUMA.
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