Attachment to IRS Form 1023

XXXXXXXXXXXX, Inc.
EIN: 22222222222
Part IV. Narrative Description of Your Activities

BACKGROUND

By preparing future entrepreneurs and thought leaders, a local ecosystem can be created that would help transform South Florida into a vibrant and strong knowledge economy. One of the most valuable skills we can foster in children is critical-thinking; kids are able to reason at high levels in everyday life when such strategies are well developed. By igniting a child's passion for intellectual curiosity, we can prepare them for success.

Dedicated to the idea of changing the education system, The Applicant is composed of volunteers who are educators, technologists, scientists, and engineers. Using the best thinking in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, behavioral, adaptive, and instructional design, The Applicant has put theory into action!

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES

The Applicant is a recently formed organization that just began its operations. The Applicant sponsors instructional workshops on a variety of topics related to entrepreneurship, science, technology. It has hosted one successful event thus far and plans to host more. The workshops are designed to stimulate critical-thinking through the the use of innovative teaching methods through classroom and hands-on instruction through the use of tools such as robotics kits, technology demonstrators, and scientific apparatus that students may interact with or use to design, develop, build and/or play.

Participation in the Applicant's events are free of charge and the activities are held at donated venues. Although there are no prerequisites to participate in the Applicant's events, the program will target under served youth, minority, and female students. By hosting the activities with other local non-profits that also focus on historically under served communities, youth, and minorities, The Applicant will continue generating a consistent attendance record for participants.

Trained volunteers conduct the activities. When funding becomes available the Applicant will hire a coordinator to oversee all of the organization's operations. The coordinator will be responsible for quality control, program delivery, volunteer management, and representation of the Applicant as its spokesperson.

CONCLUSION

The above-described activities further the Applicant's charitable and educational purposes. The regulations governing exemption eligibility for organizations described under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code are found at 26 CFR 1.501(c)(3)-1. The term "charitable" is defined in section 1.501(c)(3)-1(d)(2) to include "relief of the poor and distressed or of the underprivileged", "advancement of education or science", and "promotion of social welfare". The The Applicant educational workshops further all three of those purposes. The term "educational" is defined in section 1.501(c)(3)-1(d)(3)(i)(a) which states that educational relates to the instruction or training of the individual for the purpose of improving or developing his capabilities or the instruction of the public on subjects useful to the individual and beneficial to the community. The above described educational workshops program meets the definition of "educational".