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Upbuilding Communities Sonnys Way Who We Are Organization The Montgomery Institute TMI was organized as a Mississippi nonprofit corporation domiciled in Meridian Mississippi on October 27 1999. On May 29 2001 the Internal Revenue Service IRS issued a preliminary letter of determination qualifying TMI as a Section 501c3 taxexempt organization. On May 31 2006 the IRS issued a postreview letter of determination classifying TMI as a Section 501c3 public charity. Purpose TMI was organized for the following exclusively charitable and educational purposes To train and develop individuals in leadership skills promote strategic thinking about and analysis of societal issues for the betterment of the communities in the eastern portions of Mississippi and the western portions of Alabama human and infrastructure development in the east portions of Mississippi and the western portions of Alabama and To acquire establish retain and maintain a fund or funds to be held invested and used exclusively in furtherance of such charitable and educational purposes.