The Corporation is a public benefit corporation and is organized exclusively for religious and charitable purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and its Regulations as they now exist or as they may hereafter be amended (or the corresponding provision of any future United States internal revenue law and its regulations).
The street address, county, and zip code of the corporation’s initial registered office is:
5216 Fountain Gate Road
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee 37918
The name of the corporation’s initial registered agent located at the corporation’s initial registered office is:
John L. Shepherd, Jr.
The name, address, and zip code of the incorporator is:
John L. Shepherd, Jr.
5216 Fountain Gate Road
Knoxville, Tennessee 37918
The street address and zip code of the principal office of the corporation is:
5216 Fountain Gate Road
Knoxville, Tennessee 37918
No part of the income of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to, its directors, 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 VII 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 statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Articles, the corporation shall not conduct or carry on any other activities not permitted to be conducted or carried on:
1. by a corporation exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and its Regulations, as they now exist or as they may hereafter be amended (or the corresponding provision of any future United States internal revenue law and its regulations); or
2. by a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under Section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and its Regulations, as they now exist or as they may hereafter be amended (or the corresponding provision of any future United States internal revenue law and its regulations).
DATED: January 7, 1998