Name, Location, Purposes, Duration and Fiscal Year

Article 01

The American Society of São Paulo is a civil, non-profit association organized on May 10, 1950, with its Acts of Constitution registered in the Second Office for Registration of Instruments and Documents, Book A, no. 3, of the Civil Registry of Legal Entities, under No. 1.617 on April 16, 1951.

 

Article 02 

The registered office of the Society will be in the city of São Paulo, presently at Rua da Paz, 1431 in Santo Amaro. The Board of Governors is empowered to change its registered office when deemed necessary or convenient.

Article 03

The purposes of the Society are as follows: To promote and maintain friendly relations between the United States of America and Brazil; To provide for the celebration of days of remembrance traditional to United States citizens such as Thanksgiving, Fourth of July and other holidays; To receive and entertain officials and visitors from the United States; To aid and assist newly arrived United States citizens by providing information which helps orient them in their new surroundings; To promote charitable, social, cultural, and athletic activities of interest to the United States community in São Paulo.;To provide emergency aid to United States citizens who become destitute in Brazil, based on a resolution of the Board of Governors.

Article 04

The Society shall not distribute earnings nor afford to its members or Governors any advantage of an economic or financial nature.

 

Article 05

All resources, income, and benefits of an economic or financial nature realized by the Society shall be applied to achieve and fulfill the Society's purposes.

Article 06

The Society is prohibited from engaging in any activities affecting or connected with Brazilian politics. Any activities with regard to American politics shall be nonpartisan. The Society shall also not engage in any religious activities, except those of a strictly ecumenical nature.

Article 07

The period of duration of the Society shall be indeterminate.

 

Article 08

The fiscal year shall end on December 31 of each year.