COMMUNITY ENSEMBLE THEATRE BOOSTER CLUB
Articles of Incorporation
Filed December 1, 2014, with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Division.
ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation is: Community Ensemble Theatre Booster Club.
ARTICLE Il
The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized are:
1.To develop, support, and promote extracurricular theatre programs at
Community High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
2. To perform fund raising activities to provide for activities, materials, supplies,
services, and other necessities to present quality theatrical performances
by Community High School students
3. The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational
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, or corresponding section of any future tax
code.
ARTICLE III
The corporation is organized upon a non-stock basis.
The description and value of its personal property assets at the time of filing are:
None.
The corporation is to be financed through donations, ticket sales, and dues.
The corporation is organized on a membership basis.
ARTICLE IV
The address of the registered office is: 401 North Division St., Ann Arbor, MI
48104
The mailing address of the registered office is the same
The name of the resident agent at the registered office is Quinn Strassel
ARTICLE V
The names and addresses of the Incorporators are as follows:
Quinn Strassel, 421 West Jefferson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Margie Morris, 923 Olivia Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Denise Thal, 1519 Granger Ave., Ann Arbor Michigan 48104
ARTICLE VI
No part of the activities of the Corporation shall be carrying on propaganda, or
otherwise attempting to influence legislation; or participating in or intervening in
(including the publication or distribution of statements, endorsements, etc.) of any
political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.
ARTICLE VII
In the event of the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, whether voluntary
or involuntary, no director shall be entitled to any distribution or division of its
remaining assets, and the balance of all money and other property received by
the Corporation from any source, after the payment of debts and obligations of
the Corporation, shall be distributed to such public charities designated by the
Board of Directors, and qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code as tax-exempt exclusively for the purposes set forth in Article Il of these
Restated Articles of Incorporation and within the intent of Section 501(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the Regulations thereunder, as they now
exist or are hereafter amended.
ARTICLE VIII
The Corporation shall have the power, either alone or with others, to do any
lawful act and to engage in any and all lawful activities which may be necessary,
useful, desirable or proper for the furtherance of the purposes for which the
Corporation is organized, and to aid other organizations whose activities are
such as to further or attain such purposes. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Corporation shall exercise only such powers as are in furtherance of
the exempt purposes of organization set forth in Section 501(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Regulations thereunder.
ARTICLE IX
A volunteer director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the
Corporation for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except for liability: U(a) For any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
Corporation or its members; U(b) For acts of omission not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (c) Resulting from a
violation of Section 551(1) of the Michigan Non-Profit Corporation Act; or (d) For
any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. In
the event the Michigan Non-Profit Corporation Act is hereafter amended to
authorize corporate action further limiting or eliminating the personal liability of
directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or
limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Michigan Non-Profit Corporation Act,
as so amended. Any repeal, modification or adoption of any provision of these
Articles of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article shall not adversely affect
any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such
repeal, modification or adoption. It is intended that volunteer directors shall enjoy
the fullest immunities and the most extensive rights of indemnity permitted by
applicable law as it is now enacted or may from time to time be amended
ARTICLE X
No part of the net earnings of the Corporation shall inure to the benefit of, or be
distributed to its members, trustees, officers, or other private persons, except that
the organization shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable
compensation for services rendered and to make payments and distributions to
furtherance of the purposes set forth in the purpose clause hereof. No substantial
part of the activities of the organization shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or
otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the organization 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 provision of this document, the organization shall not
carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by an organization
exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code, corresponding sections of any future federal tax code, or (b) by an
organization, contributions to which are deductible under section 170(c)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding sections of any future federal tax code.