A church issues bonds to finance construction of a new fellowship hall and sells them to members of the congregation. Under the Uniform Securities Act, these bonds are:

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Securities issued by nonprofit religious, educational, charitable, and fraternal organizations are enumerated exempt securities, so the exemption travels with the instrument. The buyers' membership status is not what creates the exemption, which is why this is a security-level exemption rather than a transactional one. Debt instruments sold to raise money from investors are clearly securities, and the Administrator keeps antifraud authority over the sale.