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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The purpose or purposes of a domestic nonprofit entity may include one or more of the following purposes:
(1) serving charitable, benevolent, religious, eleemosynary, patriotic, civic, missionary, educational, scientific, social, fraternal, athletic, aesthetic, agricultural, and horticultural purposes;
(2) operating or managing a professional, commercial, or trade association or labor union;
(3) providing animal husbandry; or
(4) operating on a nonprofit cooperative basis for the benefit of its members.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Business Organizations Code - BUS ORG § 2.002. Purposes of Nonprofit Entity - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/business-organizations-code/bus-org-sect-2-002/
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