ACA is a 501(C)7 with amended bylaws in the state of Ohio; consistent with it's new stated purpose and pending application for 501(C)3 status recognition:
The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes including, without limitation, to foster national and international amateur sport competition in the sports of angling and casting; to support, develop and train amateur athletes for the U.S. Casting Team and send them to international amateur competitions; to sanction national casting tournaments and maintain uniform rules governing tournament casting; to educate members of the public about angling and casting; and to raise and distribute money for any of the foregoing purposes. The corporation may, as permitted by law, engage in any and all activities in furtherance of, related to, or incidental to these purposes which may lawfully be carried on by a corporation formed under the Ohio nonprofit corporations laws and which are not inconsistent with the corporation's qualification as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or corresponding section of any future tax code.
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