It was not operating under a charter from the Louisiana Legislature.

The bank operates under a charter issued by the Farm Credit Administration, an independent regulatory agency within the executive branch of the federal government.

Fannie Mae is owned by shareholders but operates under a federal charter that exempts it from paying state or local taxes.

The city operates under a charter granted by the state legislature in 1852; the charter has been subsequently amended.

It has operated under a home-rule charter with five at-large councilmembers since 1972.

Both operate under a charter to provide "a free flow of news and information" and are to be "without censorship or news management."

Baltimore City also operates under a charter.

As an independent institution, the college operates under a charter granted in 1832 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

It is the only public school in Virginia to operate under a charter from the General Assembly.

Towns are not authorized to operate under a charter.