Articles of Incorporation of Mathews County Special Education Advisory Committee
The undersigned, a majority of whom are citizens of the United States, desiring to form a Non-Profit
Corporation under the Non-Profit Corporation Law of The Commonwealth of Virginia, do hereby certify:
First: The name of the Corporation shall be Mathews County Special Education Advisory Committee.
Second: The place in this state where the principal office of the Corporation is to be located is the City of
Mathews, Mathews County, Virginia
Third: 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.
Fourth: The names and addresses of the persons who are the initial trustees of the corporation are as
follows:
Name: Valerie Lewis, Chairperson
Lori Jackson, Coordinator, Mathews County Special Education Parent Resource Center
Address P.O. Box 1002 Mathews, VA 23109
Fifth: 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 Article Third 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 tax 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.
If reference to federal law in articles of incorporation imposes a limitation that is invalid in your state, you may
wish to substitute the following for the last sentence of the preceding paragraph: "Notwithstanding any other
provision of these articles, this corporation shall not, except to an insubstantial degree, engage in any
activities or exercise any powers that are not in furtherance of the purposes of this corporation."
Sixth: 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 office 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.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names this day of May 13, 2009.
X_________________Valerie Lewis, Chair____________________________________
X_________________Lori Jackson, Coordinator________________________________