Section 1.501(c)(4)-1 of the regulations states that an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare if it is primarily engaged in promoting in some way the common good and general welfare of the people of the community.
In computer science, a local variable is a variable that is given local scope. Local variable references in the function or block in which it is declared override the same variable name in the larger scope. In programming languages with only two levels of visibility, local variables are contrasted with global variables.
local. 1  relating to place. 2  of, characteristic of, or confined to a particular place or district: items of local interest. 3  not broad; restricted; narrow: local outlook. 4  of or for a particular part or specific area of the body; not general.he definition of local is relating to a particular space or place or serving only a small portion of something.