Efolkmusic Inc Mission Statement

The purposes for which the nonprofit corporation is organized are as follows:

(a) To serve public and community interests by furthering the understanding, appreciation, preservation, and performance of traditional and contemporary folk music from around the world, and to support and develop awareness of and interest and involvement in folk music both as cultural history and entertainment.

(b) To operate programs designed to inform and educate the public about folk music, folk music artists, performances, festivals, radio play; provide archival facilities for preserving and disseminating folk music; to encourage making folk music a part of our everyday lives; and to create new and better opportunities for all persons involved in folk music to learn and to share the common bonds of appreciation and participation in folk music.

(c) To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under Chapter 55A of the General Statutes of North Carolina.

(d) The corporation is a charitable corporation within the meaning of Section 55A- 1-40(4) of the General Statutes of North Carolina (e) notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles to the contrary the purposes for which EfolkMusic Inc. is organized are exclusively charitable and educational, including the making of distributions for such purposes to organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law).