A NON PROFIT CORPORATION -- STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Cheatham Street Music Foundation is dedicated to developing, promoting, preserving and perpetuating Texas music by: acquiring and maintaining the historic Cheatham Street Warehouse building as a public venue for Texas music; by conducting activities that promote the advancement of education in the art, craft and business of songwriting, including but not limited to songwriting classes, workshops, seminars, public forums, panels, lectures and similar programs; by promoting, developing and nurturing songwriters and musicians through opportunities to perform and record music; by, when possible, giving scholarships and grants to songwriters, musicians and performers for the sole and express purpose of furthering their artistic and musical education; by encouraging a greater public understanding of the history of Texas music through community based interaction between songwriters, performance artists and civic and educational groups in order to foster a deeper appreciation ofthe role of music in the economic, social and cultural life of Texas; by soliciting, from the general public, funding through contributions, membership fees and other gross receipts from the above mentioned and related activities, including but not limited to income derived from performances, record sales and class, workshop, seminar and other similar fees, and; by continuing to seek significant and diversified public support for all the above mentioned and related activities