2016-11-11T11:30:33-06:00 2016-06-30 232942924 HATTER HARRIS & BEITTEL LLP 32-A EAST ROSEVILLE ROAD LANCASTER PA 17601 990 2015-07-01 061689284 SPARKS FOUNDATION INC SPAR 6108165047 110 WEST WYOMISSING AVENUE MOHNTON PA 19540 JULIA MERRILL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 6108165047 2016-11-10 true JOHN A VOTTERO CPA P01282718 7175692601 2016-11-11 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z JULIA MERRILL 2725 PENDLETON DRIVE LITITZ PA 17543 276145 false X WWW.SPARKSFOUNDATION.ORG X 2003 PA TO SUPPORT, PROMOTE, SPONSOR AND CARRY OUT EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES FOCUSING ON UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN. 7 6 0 32 0 276115 0 -595 0 275520 3793 0 0 0 16474 279548 283341 -7821 23703 15882 0 23703 15882 TO SUPPORT, PROMOTE, SPONSOR AND CARRY OUT EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES FOCUSING ON UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN. false false 241446 3793 PROVIDE SCIENCE LITERACY PROGRAMS FOR 10,718 STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE GRANTS PROVIDED ARE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CHILDREN WHOSE FAMILIES ARE INCOME-ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND SCIENCE CAMPS AND AFTER-SCHOOL CLUBS. THE SCHOLARSHIPS PAID FOR FULL OR PARTIAL CAMP OR CLUB REGISTRATION FEES FOR 17 CHILDREN. 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THE FOUNDATION IS REQUIRED TO OPERATE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE TO MAINTAIN ITS EXEMPT STATUS. THE FOUNDATION BELIEVES ITS EXEMPT STATUS WILL BE SUSTAINED UNDER AUDIT AND BELIEVES IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. NO REQUIRED ANNUAL RETURNS FOR THE ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX ARE CURRENTLY UNDER EXAMINATION BY TAXING JURISDICTIONS. SCIENCE EXPLORERS INC SEE PART V 261394 INDEP. CONTRACTOR false JENNIFER MOOREHEAD DIR. OF DVLPMT. 6000 RENT false SCHEDULE L, PART V PART IV (B) - SCIENCE EXPLORERS, AN ENTITY WHICH IS MORE THAN 35% OWNED BY JENNIFER MOOREHEAD, THE FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 JENNIFER MOOREHEAD KELLY CHAMBERS DIR. DVLPMT. TRUSTEE MOTHER/DAUGHTER DAVID MATTES MELANIE MATTES TRUSTEE TRUSTEE HUSBAND/WIFE FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 4 THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS CONTAINED WITHIN THE BYLAWS OF S.P.A.R.K.S FOUNDATION, INC. HAVE CHANGED. ARTICLE I, NAME OF AND OPERATION SECTION 1.05. REGISTERED OFFICE. THE REGISTERED OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA SHALL BE AT 110 W. WYOMISSING AVE., MOHNTON, PENNSYLVANIA 19540 UNTIL OTHERWISE ESTABLISHED BY A VOTE OF A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN OFFICE, AND A STATEMENT OF SUCH CHANGE IS FILED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; OR UNTIL CHANGED BY AN APPROPRIATE AMENDMENT OF THE CORPORATION'S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. SECTION 1.07. FISCAL YEAR. THE CORPORATION'S FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE JULY 1 TO JUNE 30. ARTICLE III, BOARD OF DIRECTORS SECTION 3.01. NUMBER, CLASSES, TERM, QUALIFICATION AND REMOVAL. (A)NUMBER. THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS SHALL CONSIST OF NO FEWER THAN THREE (3) NOR MORE THAN ELEVEN (11), AND SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE CORPORATION'S CHAIRPERSON, SECRETARY AND TREASURER AND SUCH OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 3.01(B) HEREOF. THE OFFICE OF VICE CHAIR MAY ALSO BE ADDED IF NECESSARY. (B)QUALIFICATION AND SELECTION. EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION SHALL BE A NATURAL PERSON OF FULL AGE. OTHER THAN DIRECTORS SELECTED BY THE INCORPORATOR, DIRECTORS SHALL BE SELECTED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: AT ANY REGULAR MEETING, THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE SHALL SUBMIT A LIST OF CANDIDATES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE DIRECTORS TO BE ELECTED THAT YEAR. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL VOTE ON SUCH CANDIDATES. A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE DIRECTORS THEN IN OFFICE SHALL BE NECESSARY FOR THE ELECTION OF A DIRECTOR. (D)TERM LIMITS. MEMBERS SHALL SERVE THREE (3) YEAR TERMS. OTHER THAN THE CORPORATION'S PRESIDENT, NO INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE MORE THAN TWO SUCCESSIVE TERMS, BEGINNING WITH TERMS THAT COMMENCE AFTER THE 2016 ANNUAL MEETING. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SERVED TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTION TO A NEW TERM ONLY AFTER A HIATUS IN SERVICE ON THE CORPORATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AT LEAST ONE YEAR. SECTION 3.03. GENERAL PROVISIONS (F)REGULAR MEETINGS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL HOLD A MINIMUM OF FOUR REGULAR MEETINGS PER YEAR, WHICH SHALL OCCUR QUARTERLY. REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL BE HELD AT SUCH TIME AND PLACE AS SHALL BE DESIGNATED FROM TIME TO TIME BY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IF THE DATE FIXED FOR ANY SUCH REGULAR MEETING BE A LEGAL HOLIDAY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE WHERE SUCH MEETING IS TO BE HELD, THEN THE SAME SHALL BE HELD ON THE NEXT SUCCEEDING BUSINESS DAY, NOT A SATURDAY, OR AT SUCH OTHER TIME AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AT SUCH MEETINGS, THE DIRECTORS SHALL TRANSACT SUCH BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE MEETING. NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETINGS NEED NOT BE GIVEN UNLESS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW OR THESE BYLAWS. MEETINGS MAY BE HELD BY TELECONFERENCE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRPERSON. (H)SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE. SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL BE HELD WHENEVER CALLED BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OR BY TWO OR MORE OF THE DIRECTORS. NOTICE OF EACH SUCH MEETING SHALL BE GIVEN TO EACH DIRECTOR BY TELEPHONE, ELECTRONIC MAIL OR IN WRITING AT LEAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS (IN THE CASE OF NOTICE BY TELEPHONE OR ELECTRONIC MAIL) OR FORTY-EIGHT HOURS (IN THE CASE OF NOTICE BY TELEGRAM OR FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION) OR FIVE DAYS (IN THE CASE OF NOTICE BY MAIL) BEFORE THE TIME AT WHICH THE MEETING IS TO BE HELD. EVERY SUCH NOTICE SHALL STATE THE TIME, PLACE AND PURPOSE OF THE MEETING. (I)QUORUM, MANNER OF ACTING, AND ADJOURNMENT. A MAJORITY OF THE DIRECTORS IN OFFICE SHALL BE PRESENT AT EACH MEETING IN ORDER TO CONSTITUTE A QUORUM FOR THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS. EVERY DIRECTOR SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ONE VOTE. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THE ARTICLES OR THESE BYLAWS OR PROVIDED BY STATUTE, THE ACTS OF A MAJORITY OF THE DIRECTORS PRESENT AT A MEETING AT WHICH A QUORUM IS PRESENT SHALL BE THE ACTS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IN THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM, A MAJORITY OF THE DIRECTORS PRESENT AND VOTING MAY ADJOURN THE MEETING FROM TIME TO TIME UNTIL A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THE DIRECTORS SHALL ACT ONLY AS A BOARD AND THE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS SHALL HAVE NO POWER AS SUCH, EXCEPT THAT ANY ACTION WHICH MAY BE TAKEN AT A MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS MAY BE TAKEN WITHOUT A MEETING, IF A CONSENT OR CONSENTS IN WRITING SETTING FORTH THE ACTION SO TAKEN SHALL BE SIGNED BY ALL OF THE DIRECTORS IN OFFICE AND SHALL BE FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION. ANY BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S VOTE UNDER THIS SECTION 3.03(I) MAY BE TAKEN BY ELECTRONIC MAIL. ARTICLE VI, OFFICERS SECTION 6.01. NUMBER, QUALIFICATIONS AND DESIGNATION. (A)NUMBER. THE OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION SHALL BE THE CHAIRPERSON, TREASURER, SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 6.03 HEREOF. ANY NUMBER OF OFFICES MAY BE HELD BY THE SAME PERSON. OFFICERS MAY BUT NEED NOT BE DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION. THE CHAIRPERSON, TREASURER, SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHALL BE NATURAL PERSONS OF FULL AGE. (C)CONFIDENTIALITY. THE CORPORATION POSSESSES CERTAIN PROPRIETARY INFORMATION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INFORMATION REGARDING ITS BUSINESS PRACTICES, ACTIVITIES, CAPABILITIES, FINANCES, AND RELATED KNOW- HOW, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION WHICH A REASONABLE AND PRUDENT PERSON WOULD CONSIDER TO BE PROPRIETARY (SUCH INFORMATION IS HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "INFORMATION"). DIRECTORS SHALL NOT USE THE INFORMATION OTHER THAN AS NECESSARY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE CORPORATION'S PURPOSES, SHALL HOLD THE INFORMATION IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND SHALL NOT DISCLOSE THE INFORMATION TO ANY THIRD PARTY, OTHER THAN TO THOSE CONSULTANTS, AGENTS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CORPORATION WHO HAVE A NEED TO KNOW SUCH INFORMATION IN FURTHERANCE OF THE CORPORATION'S PURPOSES AND WHO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO KEEP SUCH INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL, EXCEPT: (I) IF SUCH INFORMATION IS, OR BECOMES, KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC; AND (II) IF A DIRECTOR IS COMPELLED TO DISCLOSE ANY OF THE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO A LEGAL OR GOVERNMENTAL PROCEEDING. DIRECTORS SHALL USE DISCRETION AND GOOD BUSINESS JUDGMENT IN DISCUSSING THE AFFAIRS OF THE CORPORATION WITH THIRD PARTIES. SECTION 6.04. RESIGNATIONS. ANY OFFICER OR AGENT MAY RESIGN AT ANY TIME BY GIVING WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OR THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION. ANY SUCH RESIGNATION SHALL TAKE EFFECT AT THE DATE OF THE RECEIPT OF SUCH NOTICE OR AT ANY LATER TIME SPECIFIED THEREIN AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED THEREIN, THE ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH RESIGNATION SHALL NOT BE NECESSARY TO MAKE IT EFFECTIVE. SECTION 6.09. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SUBJECT TO SUCH SUPERVISORY POWERS, IF ANY, AS MAY BE GIVEN BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO THE CHAIRPERSON, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHALL BE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE CORPORATION AND SHALL, SUBJECT TO THE CONTROL OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, HAVE GENERAL SUPERVISION, DIRECTION AND CONTROL OF THE BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS OF THE CORPORATION AND SHALL HAVE THE GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF MANAGEMENT USUALLY VESTED IN THE OFFICE OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SHALL HAVE OTHER POWER AND DUTIES AS MAY BE PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND BY THESE BYLAWS. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHALL PRESIDE AT MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN THE ABSENCE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OR IF NO CHAIRPERSON HAS BEEN ELECTED AND SHALL BE PRIVILEGED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE WITHOUT VOTE AT THE BOARD'S DISCRETION IN THE MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND IN THE MEETINGS OF ALL COMMITTEES OF WHICH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS NOT OTHERWISE A MEMBER. ACTING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND, ON ITS BEHALF, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHALL PERFORM ALL ACTS, EXECUTE AND DELIVER ALL DOCUMENTS AND TAKE ALL STEPS AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE THE ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF THE BOARD. SECTION 6.12. DELEGATION OF DUTIES OF OFFICERS TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY DELEGATE TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BY APPROPRIATE RESOLUTION, RULE OR REGULATION, SUCH PART OR PORTIONS OF THE DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS ENUMERATED ABOVE AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACTING IN ITS SOLE JUDGMENT AND DISCRETION MAY DIRECT. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEWS THE 990 PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C AT THE ANNUAL BOARD MEETING, THE DIRECTORS VOTE TO ACCEPT ALL MEMBER'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST AGREEMENTS (SIGNED AND DATED) AND TO ACCEPT ANY MEMBER'S DESCRIPTION OF POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.