2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 21A - Educational Assistance
Section 21-21A-5 - Nonprofit foundation authorized; purpose.

A majority of the four-year institutions of higher education may form, pursuant to the provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Act [Chapter 53, Article 8 NMSA 1978], a nonprofit foundation, separate and apart from the state. The purpose of the foundation is to improve the educational opportunities of residents of New Mexico by providing financial assistance to qualified persons, including a program of making, financing, purchasing, holding and selling educational loans, and by servicing educational loan, scholarship, grant, work study and other educational assistance programs.
History: Laws 1981, ch. 319, § 5; 1989, ch. 19, § 3; 2005, ch. 201, § 4.
The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, deleted the requirement that loans be insured.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 15 Am. Jur 2d Charities §§ 45, 46, 180 to 182, 184.
14 C.J.S. Charities §§ 9, 60 to 64.

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