Form 50-115 - Application For Charitable Organization Property Tax Exemption

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50-115 (Rev. 8-03/8)

[11.18 (8/88) Rule 9.415]

YEAR

APPLICATION FOR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION

Appraisal district name

Phone (area code and number)

Address

This application covers property you owned on January 1 of this year or acquired during this year. If you owned the property January 1, you must file

the completed form between January 1 and no later than April 30 of this year. If you acquire the property after January 1 of this year and wish to qualify

for the exemption this year, you must apply before the first anniversary of the date you acquired the property or before the first anniversary of the date

any property was acquired after January 1. Be sure to attach any additional documents requested. If the chief appraiser grants the exemption, you do

not need to reapply annually, but you must reapply if the chief appraiser requires you to do so, or if you want the exemption to apply to property not

listed in this application. You must notify the chief appraiser in writing if and when your right to this exemption ends. Return the completed form to the

address above.

Name of organization

Step 1:

Name and

address of

Present mailing address

organization,

identify person

City, town or post office, state, ZIP Code

Phone (area code and number)

preparing

application

Name of person preparing this application

Driver’s License, Personal I.D. Certificate, or

Title

Social Security Number † :

Step 2:

Operator of organization (check appropriate box)

Individual

Foundation

Corporation

Trust

Form of

organization

If operated by a corporation, is the corporation non-profit as defined

Yes

by the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (art. 1396-1.01 VACS et. seq.)? ............................................

Step 3:

1. Is the overall purpose of the organization to perform exclusively religious, charitable,

Yes

Answer these

scientific, literary or educational functions? .......................................................................................

questions

2. Check the appropriate box(es) if any of the following statements describe a function performed by the organization.

about the

organization

Provide medical care without regard to ability to pay.* ...............................................................................................

Provides support or relief to orphaned, delinquent, dependent or handicapped children who need

residential care, or to abused or battered spouses or children in need of temporary shelter, or to the

impoverished, or to victims of natural disaster without regard to ability to pay.* .......................................................

Provides services to elderly persons or to the handicapped including the provision of recreation or social activities

and facilites designed to address the special needs of elderly persons or the handicapped without regard to ability

to pay.** ........................................

Preserves a historical landmark or site. ......................................................................................................................

Promotes or operates a museum, zoo, library, theater of the dramatic or performing arts, symphony orchestra or choir.

Promotes or provides humane treatment of animals. .................................................................................................

Acquires, stores, transports, sells or distributes water for public use. ......................................................................

Answers fire alarms and extinguishes fire with little or no compensation paid to members. ....................................

Promotes the athletic development of boys or girls under the age of 18 years.* ......................................................

Promotes educational development through student loans or scholarships. ............................................................

Provides halfway house services if certified as a halfway house by the Board of Pardons and Paroles.* .................

Provides permanent housing and related social, health care and educational facilities for persons

62 years of age or older without regard to ability to pay. ...........................................................................................

Preserves or conserves wildlife. ..

Promotes or operates an art gallery, museum or collection in a permanent location

or on tour that is open to the public. ..........................................................................................................................

Provide housing on a cooperative basis to students of an institution of higher education. .......................................

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