1) to receive and accept property to be administered exclusively for charitable purposes and primarily for the benefit of the people of the central missouri area. 2) to hold and administer, for charitable purposes, property donated to the corporation. 3) to distribute to qualified charitable organizations or to any individual or organization for charitable purposes or to any individual or organization in accordance with the terms of gifts, bequests or devisees to the corporation not inconsistent with its purposes, as set forth in these articles of incorporation, or as determined by the board of directors pursuant to these articles of incorporation. for purposes of these articles "charitable purposes" are educational, religious, scientific, literary, public and other purposes permitted to be carried on by organizations described in section 170(c)(1) and 170(c)(2)(b) of the internal revenue code of 1954, as amended ("internal revenue code") and "qualified charitable organization" means a