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NP-501c3 Attachment Form. This is a South Carolina form and can be use in Non-Profit Corporation Secretary Of State.
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Name of Corporation
501(c)(3) Attachment
If your nonprofit is applying for 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt status with the Internal Revenue
Service, you must include this attachment with your Articles of Incorporation.
Incorporating as a nonprofit in South Carolina does not ensure tax exempt status. A
determination of tax exempt status can only be made by the Internal Revenue Service upon
submission of an Application for Recognition of Exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code (Form 1023).
I. Purpose of the Nonprofit Corporation
Notwithstanding any other provisions of these articles, the purposes for which the corporation is
organized and operated are exclusively for one or more of the following purposes (you may check as
many as are applicable):
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Charitable
Religious
Educational
Literary
_____ Scientific
_____ Testing for Public Safety
_____ Fostering National or International Amateur
Sports Competition
_____ Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or Children
II. Prohibited Activities
Notwithstanding any other provisions of these articles, 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 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 1 above. 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 or in opposition to any candidate for political office. Notwithstanding
any other provision of these articles, 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, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code,
or by (b) a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under section 170(c)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
III. Distributions Upon 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 (See Article I above), or the
corresponding section of any future federal tax code, 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 shall be
disposed of by a Court of competent jurisdiction 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.
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