The Elcano Royal Institute’s legal name is the “Fundación Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos”. It is a private non-profit cultural foundation whose assets are used to further its objectives in pursuit of the public interest.
Among other areas, the Institute’s Bylaws define its purposes and activities as a foundation, its legal framework, the scope of its activities, its duration, principles for action and beneficiaries,
Bylaws of the Elcano Royal Institute (2021)
Consolidated text from the amendments approved by the foundation’s Board of Trustees at its meeting on 16 December 2021, approved by the Protectorate of the Ministry of Culture and Sport by on 30 June 2022, and registered in the State Register of Foundations on 12 September 2022.