Articles of Incorporation of 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 California, do hereby certify:

1. The name of the corporation shall be "All Wildlife Rescue and Education, Inc."
   
   
2. The place in this state where the principal office of the corporation is the city of Long Beach, California.
   
   
3. Said corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational and scientific purposes including for such the making of distribution 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.
   
   
4. The names of the persons who are initial trustees of the corporation are as follows:
   
   
   1. Kimberly R. Thraen
   2. David K. Thraen
   3. William Ridgeway, Jr. DVM
   4. Clint L. Finch
   5. Brian Newberry
      
      
5. 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 distribution 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:
   
   
   1. by corporation exempt from federal income taxes under section 501 (c)(3) of the internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code or,
   2. 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.
      
      
6. 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 organizations as said Court shall determine which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes.
   
   
7. The corporation will distribute its income for each tax year at such time and in such manner as not to become subject to the tax on undistributed income imposed by section 4942 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
   
   
8. The corporation will not engage in any act of self-dealing as defined in section 4941 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
   
   
9. The corporation will not retain any excess business holdings as defined in section 4943 (9c) of the internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
   
   
10. The corporation will not make any investments in such manner as to subject it to tax under section 4944 of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
    
    
11. The corporation will not make any taxable expenditures as defined in section 4945 (9d) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
    
    
12. The sole purpose of the corporation is the rehabilitation of wildlife by means of rescuing, treating, rehabilitating, and releasing injured wildlife and by means of story and animal presentations to pre-kindergarten aged children in public and private schools.

     In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names the 5^th day of July 1996.

    Dave K.Thraen, MM, AMA	Kimberly R.Thraen
    Bill Ridgeway, Jr. DVM	Brian Newberry
    Clint L. Finch

                              

     

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