Membership criteria from the UCF Inc. Bylaws:

There shall  be a  general  class of members, they will be Individual Cherokee people  that  are recognized  as  a Cherokee  National as a descendant of the original  Cherokee  Nation Citizens on  the  Dawes Rolls,  as members of the Cherokee  Nation of  Oklahoma  (CNO)  or  the United  Band  of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (UKB). And their Non Cherokee spouses as Cherokee Nationals as with old Cherokee  law,  membership shall  be without regard to number of members, their place of residence, blood degree or race.The term of  membership shall  be as  the Foundation, perpetual and with descendancy inclusive. Our  goal  is  to  one day reorganize as a Group of  Cherokee as  a Cherokee Government  of,  by, and for the Cherokee People. UCN Citizens are welcome, JOIN THE UCFI today!

We are  fully  legal and ready to do business, by fact of  the  laws  of Oklahoma,  with the proper filing  for  the coporate charter. We are working on obtaining  the tax exempt status letter from the IRS for the purpose of offering a certification for you to claim tax deduction for donations you may make to the Foundation.

If you would  like to make a contribution  to our cause of  helping the needy, and  need to claim a deduction  on  your taxes.  I found  the  following at the Q and A Section for preparing the form for this Internal Revenue Service Status letter. While  out researching .

This question and answer was posted: 

Question:
Can I start receiving contributions before Form 1023 is approved?    

Answer:
Generally, yes. The IRS 501(c)(3) recognition is usually retroactively effective to the  earlier of 1) the  organization’s legal formation  or 2) the commencement of its programs.This means that the organization’s activities are  retroactively tax-exempt and donations  are  retroactively tax-deductible to  the  donor, extending  even to prior tax years. Under certain circumstances, IRS tax exemption may only be retroactive to the date of the filing of Form 1023.