About VVAFT

Vietnam Veterans Assistance Foundation of Texas, Inc, (VVAFT)

is a Texas-based Publicly Supported Charitable Foundation a 509(a)(1) under IRS Code 501(c)(3).

Incorporated in the State of Texas on March 14, 1997

(File #01437671010) and converted on November 23,

1997 to a Publicly Supported Charitable Foundation

and is in good standing with the State of Texas

AS SUCH, YOUR DONATION IS FULLY TAX DEDUCTIBLE.

VVAFT has a Federal Tax ID Number but is unwilling to display it in the public domain.

If you need the Federal Tax ID # or a copy of I.R.S. form 990 please contact

the VVAFT President/Chairman

whose

address and phone number are listed on the Home Page & Board of

Directors Page.

VVAFT primarily serves as a

non-profit

non-membership veterans service organization designed to help

veterans in

need, and to support the service programs of

Vietnam Veterans of America

(VVA)

- Texas State

Council

(VVA TSC)

as well as helping to improve our communities.

VVAFT has obtained the assistance and services of a paid profession fund raiser,

to assist in our fund

raising program:

Associated Community Services, Inc.

29777 Telegraph Road/ Suite 300 / Southfield, MI 48034

]

Publish the "TEXAS VIETNAM VETERANS NEWS" - (a 36 page newspaper as a service for the VVA Texas State
Council published three times a year.)

Assist financially the VVA Texas State Council & Texas VVA Chapters

To assist financially veterans, veterans organizations, and veterans related activities on a case-by-case

basis.

Issues to be considered

but not limited to

are

the following:

[Disabled, ill,

needy,

homeless

veterans,

families of

the afore

named

veterans, and

ducation, Etc.]

(Individuals Use

Individual Specific

Assistance

Form Only NOT

the

RFP)

Support financially the VVA Service Officer Program at the Dallas VA

Medical

Center that

helps

veterans

file

disability claims with the

Department of

Veterans

Affairs. VVA Service

Officers

aggressively

advocate

behalf

of the

veteran with

the Department of Veterans

Affairs (DVA).

To seek full access to quality health care for veterans.

Create a positive public perception of Vietnam veterans.

Support the next generation of America's war veterans.

Excerpts from the VVAFT Articles of Incorporation on file

with the

Texas Secretary of State - Corporation Commission

The Corporation shall engage in any lawful act or activity for which non-profit organizations may be
organized under the provisions of the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act.

It shall be organized and operated exclusively for such purposes and activities as permitted by

Section

501 (c)(3)

the

Internal

Revenue

Code

1986

(or

the

corresponding

provisions

of any

future

United

States

Internal

Revenue

law), including,

but

not

limited

to,

the

following

purposes.

The

corporation

shall

organized

and

operated

exclusively

public

charitable

veterans

service

organization

promote

the

social

welfare

the

community,

assist

disabled,

needy

and

homeless

veterans

and

members

the

U.S.

Armed

Forces,

their

dependents,

widows

widowers,

and

orphans

deceased

veterans,

and

provide

entertainment,

care

and

assistance

hospitalized

veterans

members

the

U.S.

Armed

Forces;

carry

out

rograms to

perpetuate

the

memory

deceased

veterans

and

members

the

U.S.

Armed Forces

and

comfort

their

survivors;

conduct

programs

for

religious,

charitable,

scientific,

activities

patriotic

nature,

and

provide

social

and

recreational

activities.

In furtherance of such purposes, the Corporation shall have the full power and authority:

To publish, conduct, sponsor, promote and support publications, periodicals, lectures,seminars, meetings

and

discussions

matters

related

the

forgoing

purposes;

The

Corporation,

generally,

shall

assist

federal,

state

and

local

governments

and

agencies

and

assisting

and

cooperating

ith

said

governments

lessen

the

burden

and

facilitate

their

services

assist

veterans,

their

families,

the

dependents,

their

widows,

widowers

and orphans.

To acquire or receive from any individual, firm, association, corporation, trust, foundation or any governmental
subdivisions, unit or agency, by deed, gift, purchase, bequest, devise, appointment, or otherwise, cash,
securities and other property tangible or intangible, real or personal, and to hold, administer, manage, invest,
reinvest, and disburse the principal and income for the purposes hereof;

To receive and maintain a fund or funds, to invest or reinvest such fund or funds and to apply the income and
principal of any funds received to promote the goals and purposes set out herein; and

To perform all other acts necessary or incidental to the above and to do whatever is deemed necessary, useful,
advisable, or conductive, directly or indirectly, to carry out any of the purposes of the corporation, as set forth in
these Articles of Incorporation, including the exercise of all other powers and authority enjoyed by non-profit
corporations generally by virtue of the provisions of the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (within and subject to
the limitations of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code). The Corporation shall be neither organized
nor operated for pecuniary gain or profit. No part of the net earnings of the Corporation shall inure to the benefit
of, or be distributable to, any director, or officer of the Corporation, but 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 as set forth in Article Four.