The Medical University of South Carolina Foundation

The Medical University of South Carolina foundation (the "foundation") was incorporated in july 1966 under the laws of South Carolina as an educational, charitable, eleemosynary foundation to promote educational, research, clinical, and other facilities and programs of the Medical University of South Carolina ("musc"). In 2005, the foundation expanded its purpose by amending its bylaws to promote the same types of programs through the Medical University hospital authority ("muha"), a component unit of musc. If the foundation is dissolved, its assets shall be transferred to musc and used by musc in its activities. Therefore, the foundation meets the definition established by the governmental accounting standards board as a component unit of musc. Musc is required to include financial information of the foundation in its reporting.