Certificate of Incorporation

Certificate of Incorporationof-ENTER NAME HERE- -Under Section 402 of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law-

IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT:

(1)The name of the Not-for-Profit Corporation is:

-ENTER NAME HERE-

(2)The purposes for which this Corporation is formed are as follows:

To aid, direct and assist the Youth and the Community in developing a sense of Socioeconomic Awareness; which promotes Community Involvement, Responsibility and lessens the burden of juvenile delinquency. -ENTER NAME HERE- will combat community deterioration and lessen neighborhood tensions by providing Life Skill Programs and Community Initiatives such as: Creative/Visual Arts & Crafts, Conferences, Field Trips, Volunteering, Job Creation, Work Shops, Optimum Health Awareness, Environmental Preservation, Continual Education Preparedness, and Entrepreneurialism. The purpose of this Not-for-Profit Corporation is primarily (but not exclusively) to assist low income and underprivileged families in the City of -ENTER NAME HERE-.

The foregoing purposes and activities will be interpreted as examples only and not as limitations, and nothing therein shall be deemed as prohibiting the Corporation from extending its activities to any related or otherwise permissible lawful business (or professional) purposes which may become necessary, profitable or desirable, for the furtherance of the Corporate Objective expressed above.

(3)This Corporation is a type 501(c)(3) Charitable Corporation in accordance with the State of New York Not-for-Profit Corporation Law.

(4)The County, City and State in which the Office of this Corporation is located is:

The County of -ENTER NAME HERE-, The City of -ENTER NAME HERE- The State of -ENTER NAME HERE-

(5)The Three (3) Initial Directors of this Corporation are as follows:

Name Address

-ENTER NAME HERE- -ENTER ADDRESS HERE-

-ENTER NAME HERE- -ENTER ADDRESS HERE-

-ENTER NAME HERE- -ENTER ADDRESS HERE-

(6)The Secretary of State is designated as the agent of this Corporation upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against this Corporation is as follows:

-ENTER ADDRESS HERE-

(7)Approval and consents required by Law:

This Corporation is formed for and shall be conducted and operated exclusively for one or more of the purposes as specified in 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1854, and shall not carry on any activities not permitted to carried on by a Corporation exempt from Federal Income Tax under I.R.C. 501(c)(3) or corresponding provisions of any subsequent Federal Tax Laws. No profit shall be inure to the benefit of any private individual(s); provided that nothing herein shall prevent this Corporation fro paying reasonable compensation to any person for services rendered to or for this Corporation in furtherance of one or more of its purposes. No substantial part of the activities of this Corporation shall be devoted to carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, except to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code or otherwise; no part of the activities of this Corporation shall be devoted to participating in or intervening in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office.

This Corporation shall not engage in or include among its purposes any activity not permitted to be carried on by a Corporation exempt from Federal Income Tax under I.R.C. 501(c)(3) of the Code, as it may be amended. In the event of dissolution of this Corporation, all of its assets and property of this Corporation remaining after the proper payment of expenses and the satisfaction of all liabilities shall be distributed in accordance with the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law of this State of New York, as it may be amended, to further the Not-for-Profit purposes of this Corporation and/or to such Charitable Organization that qualify under I.R.C. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Incorporator, being at least nineteen (19) years of age affirms that the statements made herein are true under the penalties of perjury.

Signature Date X/XX/XXXX

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___________________________________________Signature of Incorporator

I, the undersigned Secretary of the State of New York do hereby approve the foregoing Certificate of Incorporation.

Signature Date _____/_____/__________

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