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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
of
YOUR ORGANIZATION, INC.
TO: STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION:
The undersigned natural person of the age of twenty-one
years or more, acting as incorporator, adopts the following
Articles of Incorporation pursuant to the State Nonstock
Corporations Act:
| FIRST: |
The name of the corporation is NAME, INC. |
| SECOND: |
The period of duration is perpetual. |
| THIRD: |
The corporation is organized and will be
operated exclusively for charitable and educational
purposes within the meaning of 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code. (All references to sections in these
Articles refer to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
as amended or to comparable sections of subsequent
internal revenue laws.) Specifically, the corporation is
organized to XXXXXXXXX. In pursuance of these
purposes it shall have the powers to carry on any business
or other activity which may be lawfully conducted by a
corporation organized under the YOUR STATE Nonstock
Corporations Act, whether or not related to the foregoing
purposes, and to do all things necessary, proper and consistent
with maintaining tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3). |
| FOURTH: |
The corporation may have one or more classes
of members, the qualifications and rights, including voting
rights, of which shall be designated in the bylaws. |
| FIFTH: |
The registered agent is NAME,
who is a resident of the state of STATE and a
director of the corporation, and the address of its
initial registered office is ADDRESS , which is physically
located in the county of COUNTY. |
| SIXTH: |
The number of directors constituting the
initial Board of Directors is NUMBER, and the names
and addresses, including street number, of the persons
who are to serve as the initial directors until the first
annual meeting, or until their successors are elected and qualified, are:
INSERT NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF INITIAL BOARD MEMBERS
The members of the Board of Directors shall be those individuals
elected, from time to time, in accordance with the Bylaws. Directors
shall elect their successors.
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| SEVENTH: |
The internal affairs of the corporation shall be
regulated by its Board of Directors as described in the Bylaws.
Upon dissolution of the corporation, its assets shall be disposed of
exclusively for the purposes of the corporation or distributed to such
organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable
purposes which shall, at the time, qualify as exempt organizations
under section 501(c)(3). |
| EIGHTH: |
No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure
to the benefit of or be distributed to any director, employee or other
individual, partnership, estate, trust or corporation having a personal
or private interest in the corporation. Compensation for services
actually rendered and reimbursement for expenses actually incurred
in attending to the affairs of this corporation shall be limited to
reasonable amounts. No substantial amount of the activities of the
corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise
attempting to influence legislation and this corporation shall not
intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements)
any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate
for public office. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles
or of any Bylaws adopted thereunder, this corporation shall not take
any action not permitted by the laws which then apply to this corporation. |
| NINTH: |
The name and address, including street and
number, of the incorporator is: |
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NAME
ADDRESS |
| IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this _____ day of _______________, 2002. |
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By: NAME, Incorporator |
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