What are Articles of Incorporation? Bylaws?

Summary:

Articles of Incorporation typically specify the purpose of the organization, its name, place of business, key officers and various limitations of operations. Bylaws are the board's specifications of the overall structure and operations of the organization

The Free Management Library provides links to sample articles of incorporation and bylaws at

http://www.mapnp.org/library/boards/boards.htm#anchor133574

and
http://www.mapnp.org/library/boards/boards.htm#anchor314119

The Foundation Center offers a page with links to several samples of nonprofit bylaws at http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/faqs/html/samplebylaws.html

These samples can show how such documents are arranged, what topics they usually cover, and other general features. The actual documents for a particular organization will have to be developed carefully with the plans and resources of that organization in mind.