# Articles of Incorporation Articles of Incorporation of Silicon Valley Gay Men's Chorus of San Jose, A California Public Benefit Corporation. **ONE:** The name of this corporation is Silicon Valley Gay Men's Chorus of San Jose. **TWO:** This corporation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for charitable purposes. The specific purposes for which this corporation is organized are to educate the general public in men's choral music. The means of providing such education includes, but is not limited to, establishing and delivering rehearsals and public performances of men's choral music. **THREE:** The name and address in the State of California of this corporation's initial agent for service of process is James C. Freeman, 1090 O'Brien Court, San Jose, CA 95126-1045. **FOUR:** (a) This corporation is organized and operated exclusively for educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, the corporation shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on (1) by a corporation exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or (2) by a corporation contributions to which are deductible under Section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code. (c) No substantial part of the activities of this corporation shall consist of carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the corporation shall not participate or intervene in any political campaign (including the publishing or distribution of statements) on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office. **FIVE:** The names and addresses of the persons appointed to act as the initial Directors of this corporation are: | Name | Address | | ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | Charles Mullins |

685 N. 15th St.
San Jose CA 95112

| | Len Chandler |

732 Jasper St.
San Jose CA 95116

| | Thomas D. Rathbon |

1838 Queen Elizabeth Way
San Jose, CA 95112

| | Chris Safford |

1290 Brookfield Ave. #6
Sunnyvale, CA 94087

| | Lynne A. McLaughlin |

2499 Twyla Ct.
Campbell, CA 95008

| | Art Northrup |

1838 Queen Elizabeth Way
San Jose, CA 95112

| | Kelly Snyder |

4466 Lakeshore Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054

| **SIX:** The property of this corporation is irrevocably dedicated to charitable, gay musical purposes and no part of the net income or assets of the organization shall ever inure to the benefit of any director, officer or member thereof or to the benefit of any private person. On the dissolution or winding up of the corporation, its assets remaining after payment of, or provision for payment of, all debts and liabilities of this corporation, shall be distributed to a nonprofit fund, foundation, or corporation which is organized and operated exclusively for charitable, gay musical purposes and which has established its tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://governance.svgmc.org/governing-documents/articles-of-incorporation.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.