The Old Gallery, operated by the Allenspark Community Cultures Council, a 501(c)3 public charity, provides classes and workshops on arts, wellness, nature and gardening, and local and world affairs, as well as offering recreational opportunities. Seasonal potluck suppers provide an opportunity for local residents and visitors to come together. The Old Gallery exhibits work by local artists and serves as a welcoming center for visitors along the Peak to Peak Scenic Byway, providing information about Rocky Mountain National Park as well as books and maps from the Rocky Mountain Nature Association. Our mission is to promote art, education, recreation and health by establishing and operating a community center for Allenspark residents and visitors.
Our mission is to promote art, education, recreation and health by establishing and operating a community center for Allenspark residents and visitors.
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BYLAWS - ACCC
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Articles of Incorporation
Allenspark Community Cultures Council
a Colorado Non-Profit Corporation
These articles of incorporation are filed pursuant to Section 7-90-301 et seq. and 7-122-101,
C.R.S. and establish a nonprofit corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Colorado Revised
Nonprofit Corporation Act.
Article 1 – Name
The name of the corporation is the Allenspark Community Cultures Council.
Article 2 – Duration
The corporation shall have perpetual existence.
Article 3 – Purposes and Powers
1. The purpose for which the corporation is organized exclusively for charitable,
educational, and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of
distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future
federal tax code. Subject to the foregoing, the specific purposes and objectives of the
corporation shall include but not be limited to establishing a community center in
Allenspark to promote educational, recreational, artistic, and health-related activities that
serve and benefit both residents and visitors.
2. In furtherance of the foregoing purposes, grant agreements and service contracts may be
entered into with other corporations, individuals, and funds which may not qualify as tax
exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Code, or corresponding section of any future
federal tax code, provided requirements are included in such agreements and contracts
that the funds received from the corporation shall be used exclusively for tax exempt
purposes as authorized in said Section 501(c)(3) of the Code.
3. In furtherance of the foregoing purposes (but not otherwise) and subject to the
restrictions set forth in Section 4, below, the corporation shall have and may exercise all
of the powers now or hereafter conferred upon nonprofit corporations organized under
the laws of Colorado and may do everything necessary or convenient for the
accomplishment of any of the corporate purposes, either alone or in connection with
other organizations, entities, or individuals, and either as principal or agent, subject to
such limitations as are or may be prescribed by law.
4. No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of, or be
distributable to its members, trustees, officers, or other private persons, except that 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
set forth in Article 3, Section 1. No substantial part of the activities of the corporation
shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation,
and the corporation shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or
distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any
candidate for public office. Notwithstanding any other provision of these articles, the
corporation shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by a
corporation exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or (b) by a
corporation, contributions to which are deductible under section 170(c)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
Article 4 – Offices, Agents and Incorporators
1. The street and mail address of the registered office of the corporation is 3203 4th Street,
Boulder, CO 80304-2104 and the name of its registered agent at that office is Robert C.
Kerr.
2. The street and mail address of the corporation's principal office is 3203 4th Street, Boulder,
CO 80304-2104.
3. The names and addresses of the incorporators are as follows:
Name Address
H. Stith Bennett P.O. Box 1
Allenspark, CO 80510
Bennett Hudson Brown P.O. Box 244
Allenspark, CO 80510
William W. Hahn 251 North Skinner Road
Allenspark, CO 80510
Robert C. Kerr 3203 4th St.
Boulder, CO 80304-2104
Glenn G. Patterson P.O. Box 473
Allenspark, CO 80510
Margaret K. Patterson P.O. Box 473
Allenspark, CO 80510
Donald L. Shalibo 757 Cabin Creek Road
Allenspark, CO 80510
Article 5 – Members
The corporation shall have no voting members.
Article 6 – Directors
1. The management of the affairs of the corporation shall be vested in a board of directors,
except as otherwise provided in the Colorado Nonprofit Corporation Act, these articles of
incorporation or the bylaws of the corporation. The number of directors, their
classifications, if any, their terms of office and the manner of their election or
appointment shall be as provided from time to time in the bylaws of the corporation.
2. No director shall be personally liable to the corporation for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary duty as a director, except that the foregoing shall not eliminate or limit
liability of a director to the corporation for monetary damages for the following: (a) any
breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation, (b) acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c)
acts specified in C.R.S. Section 7-128-403, as it now exists or hereafter may be amended,
or (d) any transaction from which the director directly or indirectly derived an improper
personal benefit. If the Colorado Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act hereafter is
amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors,
then the liability of a director of the corporation, in addition to the limitation on personal
liability provided herein, shall be further eliminated or limited to the fullest extent
permitted by the Colorado Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act. Any repeal or
modification of this Section shall be prospective only and shall not adversely affect any
right or protection of a director of the corporate existing at the time of such repeal or
modification.
Article 7 – Bylaws
The initial bylaws of the corporation shall be as adopted by the board of directors. Except to
the extent limited by the Colorado Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act, the board of directors
shall have power to alter, amend or repeal the bylaws from time to time in force and adopt
new bylaws. The bylaws of the corporation may contain any provisions for the managing and
regulating of the affairs of the corporation that are not inconsistent with law or these articles
of incorporation, as these articles may from time to time be amended. However, no bylaw
shall have the effect of giving any director or officer of the corporation or any other
individual any proprietary interest in the corporation’s property, whether during the term of
the corporation’s existence or as an incident to its dissolution.
Article 8 – Amendments
The board of directors shall have the exclusive power and authority at any time and from time
to time to amend these articles of incorporation by the vote of a majority of the directors then
in office.
Article 9 – Dissolution
Upon the dissolution of the corporation, assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt
purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the
corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the federal
government, or to a state or local government, for a public purpose. Any such assets not so
disposed of shall be disposed of by a Court of Competent Jurisdiction of the county in which
the principal office of the corporation is then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such
organization or organizations, as said Court shall determine, which are organized and
operated exclusively for such purposes.
Article 10 – Notice
The name, mailing address, and e-mail address of the individual who causes this document to
be delivered for filing, and to whom the Secretary of State may deliver notice if filing of this
document is refused is: Robert C. Kerr, 3203 4th St., Boulder, CO 80304-2104; email:
rkerr@netlogex.com.
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