The purpose of the excise tax imposed on a private foundation for failure to distribute sufficient levels of income is to motivate the foundation to distribute more of its income for application to exempt purposes and thus be classified as a feeder organization.

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The purpose of the excise tax is to ensure that private foundations distribute a minimum amount of their income for charitable purposes, not to classify them as feeder organizations.

The Purpose of the Excise Tax Imposed on a Private