ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
FOR
Wakefield House, Inc.
(A Maryland Tax-Exempt Nonstock Corporation)
FIRST: The undersigned, Eric L. Wakefield, Ellen P. Munson, and Maureen C. Connolly, being at least eighteen years of age, do hereby form a corporation under Title 5, Corporations and Associations Articles, Annotated Code of Maryland and the General Laws of the State of Maryland.
SECOND: The corporation shall be a tax-exempt nonstock corporation. The corporation has no authority to issue capital stock.
THIRD: The name of the Corporation (hereinafter called “corporation”) is
Wakefield House, Inc.
FOURTH: The purpose for which the corporation is formed is to develop, provide, manage and improve residential recovery programs and housing for individuals struggling with recovery from drugs, alcohol and/or other addictive behaviors. This organization’s first and primary activity is the operation of a multi-step process for assisting individuals to change their thinking and behaviors thru participation in daily living within a family- centered recovery oriented home environment. The ultimate objective of this process is to enable individuals to take up productive, stable, independent and personally rewarding roles in the community at large. The corporation will also do research and fund-raising in support of residential recovery programs. In addition to and extension of the foregoing, the corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational and scientific purposes as qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
FIFTH: The street address of the principal office of the corporation in Maryland 4707 Schley Avenue #567, Braddock Heights, Maryland 21714.
SIXTH: The name of the resident agent of the corporation in Maryland is Eric L. Wakefield whose address is 4707 Schley Avenue #567, Braddock Heights, Maryland 21714. He is a resident of the State of Maryland.
SEVENTH: The number of directors of the corporation shall initially be three (3) and may be increased to as many as thirteen (13) under terms and conditions as will appear in the By-Laws of the corporation, but shall never be less than three (3). The names and addresses of the persons who are initial directors of the corporation and who shall act on its’ behalf until the first meeting or until their successors are duly chosen and qualified are as follows:
Eric L. Wakefield
4707 Schley Avenue #567
Braddock Heights, Maryland 21714
Ellen P. Munson
1307 Butterfly Lane
Frederick, Maryland 21703
AND
Maureen C. Connelly
1307 Butterfly Lane
Frederick, Maryland 21703
EIGHTH: The duration of the corporation shall be perpetual.
NINTH: No part of the net earnings of the corporationshall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to its members, trustees, directors, 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 Fourth hereof. No substantial part of the activities of the corporation shall be 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 corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or (b) by a corporation, contributions to which are deductable under Section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future 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 tax code, or shall be distributed to the federal government, for public purposes. 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 organizations, as said court shall determine, which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed these Articles of Incorporation and severally acknowledged the same to be our act on this 2nd day of April, 2013.
WITNESSES:
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Eric L. Wakefield, Director and Incorporator
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Ellen P. Munson, Director and Incorporator
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Maureen C. Connelly, Director and Incorporator
I hereby consent to my designation in this document
as resident agent for this corporation.
RESIDENT AGENT AS LISTED IN SIXTH:
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Eric L. Wakefield, Resident Agent