PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Articles
of Incorporation-Nonprofit
Entity
Number
(15
Pa.C.S.)
3217652
X Domestic Nonprofit Corporation (§ 5306)
_ Nonprofit Cooperative Corporation (§ 7102B)
Stephen Anspach 412 General Sutter Ave Litiz,
PA 17543
Filed
with the Department of State on ___April 22, 2004___ Secretary of the
Commonwealth
Fee
$125
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In compliance with the
requirements of the applicable provisions (relating to articles of
incorporation or cooperative corporations generally), the undersigned, desiring
to incorporate a nonprofit/nonprofit cooperation corporation, hereby state(s)
that:
1. The name of the corporation is Stonehenge
Music Society, Inc.
2. The (a) address of this
corporation’s current registered office in this Commonwealth or (b) name of its
commercial registered office
provider and the county of venue is:
(a) 412 General Sutter Ave, Lititz, PA 17543,
Lancaster County
(b) c/o:
Stephen Anspach, Lancaster County
3. "Stonehenge Music Society, Inc. is
incorporated under the Nonprofit Corporation law of 1988 soley for charitable and
benevolent purposes, as follows: To promote and enhance music education and appreciation by the production of an
annual summer music festival; to foster the live music tradition and spread it to
nearby communities; to educate the general public about the benefits of the live music
experience; to hire American, grassroots musical acts to perform at the
festival; to hire electricians and other specialists to help facilitate the
festival’s production; to advertise and sell tickets for the festival to the
general public at a reasonable cost; to arrange for any necessary maintenance
to the host’s and the host township’s property; to create an atmosphere of
family, kindness and peace; to invite licensed vendors to provide
festival-goers with desirable goods; to purchase and sell merchandise
commemorating the event. The forgoing 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 purposes
which may become necessary, profitable, or desirable for furtherance of the
corporate objectives expressed above."
4. The corporation does not contemplate
pecuniary gain or profit, incidental or otherwise.
5. The corporation is organized on a non-stock
basis.
6.
The corporation shall have no members.
7. Not applicable.
8. Peter S. Christman, 17 Hollow Run Lane, West
Chester, PA 19380
9. The
specified effective date, if any, is:
No date specified.
10. Additional provisions of the articles have
been attached to this document.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF,
the incorporator has signed these
Articles of Incorporation this ______ day of ,
_______________, ______ signature
Stonehenge
Music Society, Inc.
Additional
Provisions
(1)
At
all times the following shall operate as conditions restricting the operations
and activities of the corporation:
a.
No
part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of any
member, trustee, director, officer or the corporation, of any private
individual (except that reasonable compensation may be paid for services
rendered to or for the corporation), and no member, trustee, director, officer
or the corporation, any private individual shall be entitled to share in the
distribution of any of the corporate assets on dissolution of the corporation.
b.
No
substancial part of the activities of the corporation shall constitute the
carrying on of propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, or
any initiative or referendum before the public, and the corporation shall not
participate in, or intervene in (including by publication or distribution of
statements), any political campaign on behalf or, or in opposition to, any
candidate for public office; and
c.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of these articles, the corporation shall not carry on any
other activities not permitted to be carried on by a corporation exempt from
federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as now enacted or hereafter amended.
d.
The
corporation shall not lend any of its assets to any officer or director of this
corporation, or guarantee to any person the payment of a loan by an officer or
director of this corporation.
(2)
No
member, officer or Director of this corporation shall be personally liable for
the debts or obligations of this corporation of any nature whatsoever, nor
shall any of the property of the members, officers or director be subject to
the payment of the debts or obligations of this corporation.
(3)
Upon
the dissolution of the organization, assets shall be distributed for one or
more exempt purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c )(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code, or 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.