RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
MCMINNVILLE GARDEN CLUB
Article I
The name of the corporation: McMinnville Garden Club.
Article II
This is a Public Benefit Corporation.
Article III
Objectives: The objectives of this Club are to study and advance the fine art of gardening, landscape design, floral design, conservation, and horticulture; to aid in the protection of plants and wildlife; and to encourage civic beauty.
Article IV
This is a membership organization.
Article V
The power to amend the Bylaws, to amend the Standing Rules and to approve the annual budget is reserved to the members exclusively.
Article VI
Public Benefit 501(c)3 Information:
The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized are as follows:
Said corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational and scientific 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 the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
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 the purpose clause 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 or in opposition to any candidate for public 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 code, or (b) by 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.
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, 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 of shall be disposed of by a Court of Competent Jurisdiction of the county in which the principal off the 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.
