The Black O’Kelleys Family Association, Inc (BOFA or the “Corporation”) is organized and will be operated exclusively for charitable, familial relationships & communication, historical preservation of members, and cooperate with agencies in furtherance of genealogy and other family‐related activities and organizations purposes within the meaning of Sections 501(c)(3), 170(c)(2)(B), 2055(a)(2) and 2522(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or the corresponding section of any future United States Internal Revenue Law (the “Code”), including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations described in Section 501(c)(3) and 170(c)(2) of the Code. The Corporation is a supporting organization to the O’Kelley descendants of Ellen Johnson‐Mathews‐Fisher. The Corporation’s purposes include, but are not limited to, any purposes set forth specifically in its Articles of Incorporation, as may from time to time be amended (the “Articles”).

To further the Corporation’s purposes and mission, the Corporation will have and exercise all of
the powers conferred by the provisions of the Missouri Nonprofit Corporation Act, as may from
time to time be amended (the “Act”), not outside the scope of the Articles.

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Certificate of Incorporation

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