New TCC International Foundation

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There has long been a need for a non-profit entity to house our T’ai Chi Chih scholarship fund and to sign the facility contract for our annual teacher conference. Did you know that up until now, individual teachers have been signing these contracts and personally guaranteeing the up-to-$50,000 required by the facilities where we have held conferences? Obviously, this needed to change.

Last year Antonia guided and inspired us to make the much needed non-profit a reality. In June 2013, the T’ai Chi Chih International Foundation was formed as a non-profit in the state of New Jersey. The next step was to file the voluminous Form 1023 with the IRS to apply for 501(c)3 status so that contributions to the foundation would be tax deductible to donors. Just before Christmas we received approval of our application, in what appears to be record time for the IRS to process and approve 501(c)3 status these days.

The purpose of the foundation is stated in its bylaws. It “was formed to sponsor the annual T’ai Chi Chih Teachers Conference; provide scholarship funds for T’ai Chi Chih teacher accreditation and continuing education; and to sponsor events that promote the knowledge of and practice of T’ai Chi Chih worldwide as a service to humanity, and not for pecuniary profit.” At this time, there are three board members: the guide and the teacher trainers. We all volunteer our service without pay, as do the officers and scholarship committee.

If you have benefited from TCC and would like to help make it more available to others, please consider making a gift. Donations of any size are welcome and greatly appreciated. You can specify if you want it to go to conference scholarships, teacher accreditation scholarships or the general fund. Over the years, teachers have asked how they can include TCC in their wills. Now we have another legal way to do that by naming the T’ai Chi Chih International Foundation as a beneficiary.

If you’d like to make a tax-deductible contribution, you can send your check to:

T’ai Chi Chih International Foundation

PO Box 517

Midland Park, NJ 07432