JOHN L SEVERANCE
EIN 34-6506884 · Arts, Culture & Humanities (A110)
What they do
GRANTS ARE MADE ACCORDING to THE LAST WILL and TESTAMENT OFJOHN L SEVERENCE DATED JANUARY 31, 1935 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TRUST AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 23, 1915 and THE OPERATING AGREEMENT DATED APRIL 30, 2009. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TRUST DOCUMENT, KEYBANK AS TRUSTEE, MAKES GRANTS to THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM of ART to BE USED to PURCHASE WORKS of ART. UNDER THE OHIO INSTITUTIONAL TRUST FUNDS ACT of 1999, THE BENEFICIARY HAS CHOSEN to RECEIVE THE MAXIMUM of INCOME BASED ON THE GREATER of 5% of AFV or TRADITIONAL INCOME.KEYBANK MAINTAINS A RESPONSIVENESS to THE NEEDS and ACTIVITIES of THEBENEFICIARIES ORGANIZATION IN THE ATTAINMENT of ITS MISSION. PLEASE NOTE THE CHARITY HAS A RIGHT to DIRECT or APPROVE INVESTMENTS and THETRUSTEE HAS THE AUTHORITY to AMEND THE DOCUMENT to INSURE THECONTINUATION to QUALIFY AS A 509(A)(3).
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1971
- Location
- 4900 TIEDEMAN ROAD OH-01-49-0381, BROOKLYN, OH 44144-2338
- County
- Cuyahoga
- In care of
- % SOCIETY NATIONAL BANK TTEE