Articles of Incorporation — Automate the Cloud Inc.

Nonprofit Corporation — Commonwealth of Kentucky (KRS 14A & KRS 273)

Filed with the Kentucky Secretary of State on September 3, 2026 (received and filed 11:36 AM; fee receipt $8). Kentucky Organization Number 1628223. Effective September 3, 2026. This document transcribes the filed Articles; the file-stamped original is `articles-of-incorporation-FILED-2026-09-03.pdf`.

Article I — Name

The name of the nonprofit corporation is Automate the Cloud Inc.

Article II — Purpose

The purpose of the nonprofit corporation is: Organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including IT and cloud-computing education, IT support to charitable organizations, and scholarships. See Article VII.

Article III — Registered Agent and Registered Office

The name and street address of the initial registered agent are omitted from this published copy. The registered office is in Kentucky, as required by KRS 273 and KRS 14A.

Article IV — Principal Office

The principal office is in Louisville, Kentucky. Its street address is omitted from this published copy.

Article V — Initial Board of Directors

The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors is 5. Their names and mailing addresses are omitted from this published copy.

Article VI — Incorporator

The name and mailing address of the incorporator are omitted from this published copy.

Article VII — 501(c)(3) Purpose Limitation

Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, the corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational, religious, or scientific purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3). Without limiting the foregoing, the corporation's purposes include:

1. advancing public education in information technology, with a specialty in cloud computing, including best practices, security, freely and publicly available educational materials, example infrastructure code, courses, bootcamps, workshops, and technology clinics;
2. lessening the burdens of, and providing free or below-cost information-technology education, consulting, development, and infrastructure support to, other nonprofit, charitable, religious, educational, and governmental organizations, and other organizations or groups organized or operated for charitable, educational, or public purposes, that lack the resources or technical expertise to establish and secure their information-technology infrastructure using sound practices;
3. advancing education by awarding scholarships to students, selected on an objective and nondiscriminatory basis;
4. soliciting, receiving, and accepting contributions, grants, sponsorships, and other support, and making grants, scholarships, and other distributions to organizations and to individuals in furtherance of the foregoing charitable and educational purposes, subject to appropriate safeguards ensuring the funds are used for exempt purposes; and
5. engaging in any other charitable, educational, religious, and scientific activities permitted for an organization exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code).

Article VIII — Prohibited Activities

1. No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to, its directors, officers, or other private persons, except that the corporation shall be authorized to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in Article VII.
2. No substantial part of the activities of the corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the corporation shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements), any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, the corporation shall not carry on any activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by a corporation exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or (b) by a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under Section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Article IX — Dissolution

Upon the dissolution of the corporation, assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the federal government, or to a state or local government, for a public purpose. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by a court of competent jurisdiction of the county in which the principal office of the corporation is then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such organization or organizations, as said court shall determine, which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes.

Article X — Membership

The corporation shall not have members. The management of the affairs of the corporation shall be vested in its board of directors, as provided in the bylaws.

Execution (as filed)

Declared under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of Kentucky by the incorporator, and consent to serve as registered agent given, on Thursday, September 3, 2026. Filing effective September 3, 2026. The signatory's name is omitted from this published copy.