BOARD01863

• Board Meeting Date: 7/23/2002
• Description: Water Education Foundation Establishment Issues
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

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Calarada Alliance far Water Educatian

The undersigned natural persan, mare than eighteen years .of age, acting as the incarparatar .of a nanprofit
corporatian to be incarparated under the Calarada Revised Nanprafit Corporation Act, Calorado Revised
Statutes F-121-101 et seq" adopts the fallawing Articles afIncarparation:

FIRST: The name of the corparation is Colorado Alliance far Water Education (the "Corporation"),

SECOND: This carparation shall have perpetual existence,

THIRD: The purpose .or purposes for which the Corporation is organized is exclusively far the
develapment and dissemination of educational programs far the people of Calorado to pravide a wide range
.of water related information from variaus viewpaints with no advacacy position taken .on any issues in
order ta faster a broader understanding of water challenges amang the general populatian and aid in the
infarmed and timely discussion .of water issues, to .own real and personal property and ta have all powers,
rights and privileges consistllil.t with such purposes,

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FOURTH: The Corporation is empowered to develop, fund, and disseminate educational research,
materials and programs to further Colaradan's water awareness and educatian and ta canduct evaluatians
of the effectiveness .of its own and others' water infannation and educatian pragrams and materials, The is
also empowered ta do and perform all acts that are reasonably necessary, desirable, convenient and
incidental ta the accamplishment of the purpases .of the Corporatian as are allawed under the laws .of the
state afCalorada and as are nat prohibited ta a Carparatian under Sectian 50I(c)(3) nar wauld result in a
tax liability under Chapters 41 .or 42 of the Internal Revenue Code .of 1986 and regulatians thereunder,

The services .of the Carporatian shall be available ta all persons regardless of race, calor, creed, natianal
.origin, sex .or handicap.

FIFTH: The Corporatian shall have na vating members. The Carparatian may have non-vating members,
if the Bylaws sa provide, The designation .of classes .of membership, the manner in which members are
admitted, and the qualificatians and rights and duties .of members .of each class shall be set farth in the
Bylaws .of the Carporation,

SIXTH: Na part .of the net earnings .of the carparation shall inure ta the benefit .of .or be distributable ta its
trustees, .officers, cantributars, .or other private persons, except that the carporatian may pay reasonable
compensatian far services rendered, may acquire and dispase .of interests in real and persanal property and
pay a reasanable cansideratian therefare, may incur and reimburse reasanable expenses related ta its
purposes and may make distributians ta tax exempt organizatians with similar purpases. Upan dissalutian
.of the corparatian the Baard .of Trustees shall, after paying .or making provisian far the payment .of all .of
the liabilities .of the carparatian, dispase of all of the assets of the carporatian exclusively for the purpases
.of the arganizatian in such a manner .or ta such other organizatian or arganizatians .organized and .operated
exclusively far charitable, educational, religious .or scientific purpases as shall at the time .of such
dispasition qualify as an exempt arganizatian under Section 501 (c)(3) .of the Internal Revenue Cade of
1986,

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SEVENTH: The carparatian shall not participate or intervene in political campaigns .on behalf of .or in
appasitian to any candidate far public .office, nor advacate nar oppose legislative nar electian issues, The
carparatian shall nat canyon any .other activities nat pennitted to be carried .on by a carparatian described
in Section 501(c)(3) .of the Internal Revenue Cade .of 1986, The Baard .of Trustees shall attempt ta recaver
from any persan any expenditures made cantrary ta this paragraph or ta said Sectian 501(c)(3) and
regnlatians thereunder .or which would result in a tax liability under Chapters 41 and 42 .of the Internal