Rocky Mountain Association Of Geologists Foundation
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The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Foundation is a charitable Trust and is governed by three Trustees appointed for overlapping three-year terms by the Board of Directors of the RMAG. The Foundation has tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Tax ID Number 84-0730294).
The purpose of the Foundation is to support educational, charitable, and scientific activities related to, or allied with, the field of geology. Activities the Foundation may support are:
(a) scientific research, both directly and through the promotion, assistance, encouragement, support and furtherance of studies and research in the field of geology and in sciences related thereto;
(b) dissemination of information relating to geology and related fields, through lectures, seminars, publications, educational courses, teaching aids and by other means and materials;
(c) support of programs of continuing education in geology and related studies;
(d) assistance in career guidance to persons interested in geology or related fields;
(e) assistance of public and private schools (elementary and secondary), colleges and universities, and technical schools in teaching and education in the field of geology and related fields;
(f) provide scholarships, prizes, awards, gifts, educational loans and other kinds of support to assist or reward students engaged in the study of geology or related fields;
(g) establish fellowships or "chairs" in colleges and universities in order to further education and knowledge in the field of geology and related fields; and
(h) work with and support (including contributions from the Foundation) other organizations with similar objectives which have similar status under the Internal Revenue Code.
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