As part of the restruc­tur­ing to move into the 21^st cen­tury, AAUW has reor­ga­nized as a tax exempt non­profit orga­ni­za­tion under sec­tion 501©(3) of the Inter­nal Rev­enue Code. To com­ply with IRS require­ments, All AAUW states and branches must sign a new Affil­i­ate Agree­ment affirm­ing their affil­i­a­tion with AAUW by Octo­ber 31, 2009. A let­ter from AAUW Pres­i­dent Car­olyn Gar­fein and a FAQ doc­u­ment is avail­able at the AAUW website.