(a) Moneys held in and forming a part of an endowment trust fund, including, without limitation, proceeds of investments held in and forming a part of the fund, shall, to the extent practicable and feasible, be kept fully and continuously invested, pending their distribution and expenditure for the purposes authorized by this division, in any of the following:
(1) Interest-bearing bank time deposits and interest-bearing bank certificates of deposit.
(2) Debt securities that are direct general obligations of the United States of America or any agency thereof, and debt securities of any state or local government.
(3) Other debt securities, common and preferred stocks, shares of investment companies or mutual funds, or other like investments.
(b) All of the above as may be authorized in the trust agreement under which such fund has been established, and all with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of like character and with like aims. All such investments in which any portion of the moneys in any endowment trust fund are invested, together with all income therefrom, shall become a part of such fund; and the net proceeds from any sale, assignment, transfer, or disposition of any such investment, including any income or other gain realized therefrom, shall be paid into and become a part of such fund.
(c) Each fund manager may, subject to the provisions of this division and subject to the general supervision and direction of the investment committee, invest, and reinvest moneys held in and forming a part of any endowment trust fund managed by it, or direct any trustee bank in the investment and reinvestment of such moneys. A fund manager:
(1) Shall review periodically the investment quality and desirability of retention of investments held in any fund managed by it.
(2) Shall make purchases and sales of investments deemed in the best interests of such fund.
(3) Shall report to the investment committee with respect to its activities, at such time or times as the investment committee may direct.
(4) Shall administer every contribution to such fund in accordance with every lawful condition, if any, that is specified by the donor thereof and that is not inconsistent with this division.
(d) No fund manager may either:
(1) Determine the persons to whom any moneys held in and forming a part of such endowment trust fund shall be distributed or the purpose or purposes for which they shall be expended, the persons for whom any other properties contributed to such fund may be managed or used, or the persons to whom such other properties may be disposed of; or
(2) Itself expend any such moneys or, unless authorized to do so by either the directors or the investment committee, manage, use, or dispose of any such other properties.
(e) Each fund manager shall, at such times as may be specified by the investment committee but in any event not less often than once every six months, report to the directors, to the investment committee, and to such other persons as the directors may require, all purchases and sales of investments forming a part of the endowment trust fund managed by it.
Last modified: May 3, 2021