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The Endless Mountains Blues Fest and The name of the organization shall be known as The Endless Mountains Blues Festival™ Federal EIN: 03-05205T6 Alternate title: Scranton/Wilkes Barre Blues
Association We are a private charity organization and we perform one charitable function per year, The Endless Mountains Blues Festival™, with all profits donated to a designated charity. No donations from this festival are kept and no organizer or volunteer, staff, is paid or derives gain or potential gain, tangible or intangible, from this event and our charity work. Organization name
changed: August 2006 We are all volunteers and do not receive
compensation or percs for our charity fundraising. Endless Mountains Blues Festival™ - "Charity Through Music"™ Festival Organizers: Mary Hyland, Mary Perry, Thomas Perry Organizer email click here Mission Statement: "Charity Through Music"™ - annual concerts organized and presented for the sole benefit of a local, regional or national charity organization. No one benefits from our work but the designated charity. Preserving, promoting the blues and live music in Pennsylvania. The Endless Mountains Blues Fest operates as a not-for-profit charity music organization, under 501(c)(3) guidelines. click here to read about our non-profit designation---> Organizers of our festival and supporting sponsors do not in any way benefit from, or derive income from, any of the festival's fund-raising activities. All proceeds are used to organize and present annual music festivals, and all profits from said festivals will be donated to the designated charity. Fund-raising activities and proceeds from the sale of merchandise will specify whether the funds will be donated to a charity, or used by the organization in presenting annual music events, where the profits will be donated to a designated charity organization and advertised publicly. Proceeds donated to the charity organization will be published online and transmitted electronically by email and announcements. All profits from all events will be donated to a designated charity. Annual support donations will be used to organize and present these charity concerts. We keep no money from our charity concert events. Bills are paid, checks sent to the designated charity for the remainder. Organizers of the festival shall hold informal meetings if deemed necessary and is agreeable to the other organizers to discuss the successful outcome of the charity fund-raising concert events. We hold no public meetings. The Endless Mountains Blues Fest organizers shall be responsible for all financial records and reports; shall maintain the financial records in good order, and shall render accurate financial reports to any other organization or entity having legal entitlement to the information. This would include a financial report after any festival as requested by a charity organization on whose behalf the festival has been held. No one shall reap any type of tangible or intangible reward or be offered services or admission to our events gratis in exchange for their support or promotion of our charity endeavors except for our Festival Sponsors donating monetary sponsorships, who will receive a pass to the event depending upon the value of their donations, specified on our sponsor forms and within this website. Sponsorships, vendor rental fees, admissions, all are earmarked for charity fundraising use and donations. All performances will be donated by bands and musicians as a charity effort and bands performing receive no recompense other than a meal. Responsibilities- organize and present concerts for charity, and present the designated charity with a contribution of the profits, after expenses, of said concert in the name of The Endless Mountains Blues Fest. Any and all decisions related to charity concerts are made by the organizers separately and as a unit. It's all about the charity We are quite frugal concerning issuance of free passes to our events---> Dissolution Upon the dissolution of the organization named Endless Mountains Blues Fest, the organizers and volunteers, after making provision for the payment of all of the liabilities of the organization, in such manner, to such organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, religious or scientific purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization under section 501c 3 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law), as the Officers and volunteer shall determine. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by the court of common pleas of the county in which the principal office of the Endless Mountains Blues Fest™ is then located, exclusively for such purposes as said Court shall determine, which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes. Endless Mountains Blues Festival™ - "Charity Through Music"™ Organizers: Mary Hyland, Mary Perry, Thomas Perry - all funds are for festival operating expenses and are considered a donation to the charities. We do not hold public meetings or public fund-drives for our benefit. We do encourage public support through "supporter" donations to and at our festivals with the end goal in mind - raising funds and donating to charity, plan the next event, and to continue in our work as the Endless Mountains Blues Fest. We do accept and appreciate donations to the charity designated as the beneficiary of each concert on their behalf. Our 501(c)(3) information page for potential sponsors--->
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