Set up a Panama Foundation
Foundations are hybrid in nature, containing features of the corporation (legal personality) and the trust (created for a purpose or benefit). Unlike a company, foundations have no shareholders, though they have legal personality and have a board (council members). Unlike a Trust, a Foundation has a legal personality on its own.
A foundation may hold assets in its own name for the purposes set out in its constitutive documents, and its administration and operation are carried out by the Council Members in accordance with the Foundation charter or regulations of association rather than fiduciary principles.
To summarize, a private interest foundation is an orphan entity with the following characteristics
- No owners/shareholders
- It has legal personality
- It can be solely established to carry out a purpose and not for the benefit of persons.
- Provides for a perpetuity of purpose.