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Appendix A
JACK AND JILL OF AMERICA FOUNDATION, INC.
A.

Purpose
The purpose of the Foundation, as stated in the Certificate of Incorporation, is "To
carry on educational, literary, scientific and charitable projects, or any one of them
individually by the application of assets to the use of Jack and Jill of America
Foundation, Inc."

B.

Relationship to the mother body
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. members shall always be in the majority on the Board
of Trustees of the Foundation. A biennial report is made to chapters at the National
Convention from the President of the Board of Trustees. A financial accounting of
the receipts of the Foundation is included in the report.

C.

Board Structure
1.

2.

D.

The Board of Trustees of Jack and Jill of America Foundation, Inc. is
structured as follows: four National Officers: President, Vice President, and
Treasurer and Program Director; one regional director from those regions
not represented by National Officers, appointed based upon alphabetical
order; seven Members-at-Large, one from each region; eleven community
members not limited to Jack and Jill membership or region; and one Teen
President.
There shall be one regional director appointed to the Board as an ex-off icio
member. This director shall be selected from the three remaining regions of
Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated which are not represented by the exofficio members of the Board of Trustees as stipulated in the preceding
paragraph. She shall serve two one-year terms coinciding with her term of
office in Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated. In the absence of
representation in any region, the National Executive Board of Jack and Jill of
America, Incorporated will make the appropriate appointments.

Responsibility of chapters
The support of the Foundation is the responsibility of the chapters of Jack and Jill
of America Inc.

Revised Section C on 9/17/13.

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