ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
READING FOR THE FUTURE UTAH
(RFFUtah)
We, the undersigned natural persons all being of the age of eighteen
years or more, acting as incorporators, under the Utah Nonprofit
Corporation and Cooperative Association Act, adopt the following
Articles of Incorporation for such Corporation.
Article I
Name
The name of the corporation is Reading for the Future Utah.
Article II
Duration
The period of duration of this corporation is perpetual
Article III
Purpose
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To act and operate exclusively as a nonprofit corporation pursuant to
the laws of the State of Utah, and to act and operate as a service
organization, providing resources and activities to promote reading and
literacy through the use of speculative fiction.
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To engage in any and all activities and pursuits, and to support or
assist such other organizations, as may be reasonably related to the
foregoing and following purposes.
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To engage in any and all other lawful purposes, activities and pursuits,
which are substantially similar to the foregoing and which are or may be
hereafter authorized by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
and are consistent with those powers described in the Utah Nonprofit
Corporation and Cooperation Association Act, as amended and
supplemented.
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To solicit and receive contributions, purchase, own and sell real and
personal property, to make contracts, to invest corporate funds, to
spend corporate funds for corporate purposes and to engage in any
activity in furtherance of, incidental to, or connected with any of the
other purposes.
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No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the
benefit of, or be distributable to, its members, trustees, officers, or
other persons, except that the corporation shall be authorized and
empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered to the
corporation and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the
purposes set forth herein.
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No substantial part of the activities of the corporation shall be the
carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence
legislation, and the corporation shall not participate in, or intervene
in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any
political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office except
as authorized under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.
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The corporation shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to
be carried on (a) by a corporation exempt from Federal income tax under
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended (or the
corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue
law).
Article IV
Members/Stock
The corporation shall not have any class of members or stock.
Article V
BY-LAWS
Provisions for the regulation of the internal affairs of the corporation
shall be set forth in the By-Laws. (U.C.A. Section 16-6a-206)
Article VI
Directors
The number of directors of this Corporation shall be three (3), or more
than three, as fixed from time to time by the By-Laws of the
Corporation. The number of directors constituting the present Board of
Directors of the Corporation is seven, and the names and addresses of
the persons who are to serve as directors until their successors are
elected and shall qualify are:
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Ruth Hanson, Chair, Trustee
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Caroljean Hanson, Secretary-Treasurer
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<Address removed>
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<Address removed>
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David Glenn Anderson, National Representative
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Helge Moulding, Projects Officer
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<Address removed>
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<Address removed>
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David Brin, Trustee
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L. E. Modesitt, Trustee
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<Address removed>
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Tamara Hawks, Trustee
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<Address removed>
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Article VII
INCORPORATORS
The names and addresses of the incorporators are:
Ruth Hanson
<Address removed>
Caroljean Hanson
<Address removed>
Article VIII
REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT
The address of the corporation
<Address removed>
Such office may be changed at any time by the Board of Trustees without
amendment of these Articles of Incorporation.
The corporation’s initial registered agent at such address shall be:
Ruth Hanson
<Address removed>
Article IX
PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS
The principal place of business of this Corporation shall be <Address
Removed>. The business of this Corporation may be conducted in all
counties of the State of Utah and in all states of the United States,
and in all territories thereof, and in all foreign countries as the
Board of Trustees shall determine.
Article X
DISTRIBUTIONS
No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the
benefit of, or be distributable to its trustees, officers, or other
private persons, except that the corporation shall be authorized and
empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to
make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth
in Article III hereof. No substantial part of the activities of the
Corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise
attempting to influence legislation, and the Corporation shall not
participate in or, intervene in (including the publishing or
distribution of statements0 any political campaign on behalf of or in
opposition to any candidate for public office. Notwithstanding any other
provision of these Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation shall not
carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by a
Corporation exempt from Federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code, as amended or supplemented, or (b) by a
corporation, contributions to which are deductible under Section
170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended or supplemented.
Article XI
DISSOLUTION
Upon the dissolution of the Corporation, assets shall be distributed for
one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code, as amended or supplemented, or shall be
distributed to the Federal Government or to a State or Local Government
for a public purpose. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be
disposed of by the District Court of the county in which the principal
office of the Corporation is then located, exclusively for such purposes
or to such organization or organizations, as said Court shall determine,
which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes.
