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Form 50-115
STEP 3: Answer these Questions About the Organization
1. The organization must satisfy the requirements of Article Vlll, Section 2(a) of the Texas Constitution.
Is the organization engaged primarily in public charitable functions? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yes
No
If yes, using an attachment, describe the organization’s activities in a narrative. The narrative description of activities
should be thorough, accurate and include date-specific references to the tax year for which the exemption is sought. You
may also attach representative copies of newsletters, brochures or similar documents for supporting details to this narrative.
2. Is the organization organized exclusively to perform religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes? . . . . . . . . . .
Yes
No
If yes, attach copies of organizational documents supporting your answer.
3. Does the organization operate in such a manner that does NOT result in the accrual of distributable profits, realization of
private gain resulting from payment of compensation in excess of a reasonable allowance for salary or other compensation
for services rendered, or realization of any other form of private gain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yes
No
4. Check the appropriate box(es) if any of the following statements describe a function performed by the organization.
Provide medical care without regard to ability to pay.* Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(1)*
Provides support or relief to orphaned, delinquent, dependent or handicapped children who need residential care, or to abused or battered
spouses or children in need of temporary shelter, or to the impoverished, or to victims of natural disaster without regard to ability to pay.*
Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(2)*
Provides services to elderly persons or to the handicapped including the provision of recreation or social activities, training and employment in
the production of commodities or provision of services and facilities designed to address the special needs of elderly persons or the handicapped
without regard to ability to pay.** Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(3)
Preserves a historical landmark or site. Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(4)
Promotes or operates a museum, zoo, library, theater of the dramatic or performing arts, symphony orchestra or choir. Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(5)
Promotes or provides humane treatment of animals. Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(6)
Acquires, stores, transports, sells or distributes water for public use. Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(7)
Answers fire alarms and extinguishes fire with little or no compensation paid to members. Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(8)
Promotes the athletic development of boys or girls under the age of 18 years.* Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(9)
Promotes educational development through student loans or scholarships. Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(11)
Provides halfway house services if certified as a halfway house by the parole division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(12)
Provides permanent housing and related social, health care and educational facilities for persons 62 years of age or older without regard to ability to
pay. Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(13)
Preserves or conserves wildlife. Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(10)
Promotes or operates an art gallery, museum or collection in a permanent location or on tour that is open to the public. Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(14)
Provide housing on a cooperative basis to students of an institution of higher education. Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(20)
Operates a television station that produces or broadcasts educational, cultural or other public interest programming and that receives grants from
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. [47 U.S.C.A. sec. 396*] Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(17)
Provides housing and services to people 62 years old or older in a retirement community that provides independent and assisted living services
and nursing services to residents on a single campus, without regard to ability to pay or in which at least 4 percent of community’s combined net
resident revenue is provided in charitable care to its residents. Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(19)
Provides housing for low-income and moderate-income families, for unmarried individuals 62 years old or older, for handicapped individuals, and for
families displaced by urban renewal, through the use of trust assets irrevocably dedicated, through a contract entered into before December 31, 1972,
for the sale of housing to a charitable organization performing the athletic development of boys and girls under 18 years.* Tax Code § 11.18 (d)(18)
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