Medical Center of the Americasfoundation

The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized are as follows: (1) to encourage and assist in the establishment of a Medical center in el paso, Texas; (2) to facilitate and promote Medical research and education to address health issues impacting the greater el paso, Texas geographic area; (3) to make grants, loans or other distributions to qualified organizations or individuals exclusively to address the health needs of the general population of the greater el paso, Texas geographic area; (4) to perform such other services, activities and functions as may be permitted to corporations exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 (the "code"); and (5) at all times and within such purposes, to operate exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the code.