6. PREPARE AND FILE YOUR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION:
Your corporation is legally created by filing Articles of Incorporation with the West Virginia Secretary of State. The articles must include:
a. The corporate name and address; the name and address of agent for service of process;
b. The nature of your business; the number of shares the corporation is authorized to issue;
c. The name and address of each incorporator;
d. The number of acres of land the corporation holds or expects to hold in West Virginia.
e. A required dissolution clause that insures that assets are disposed of correctly.

The articles may be filed online at the Business4wv.com Web site.  Be sure to use the form for a nonprofit corporation because it includes the required dissolution clause.  This clause must also be part of the Article of Incorporation when you apply for IRS tax-exempt status.

The filing fee is $25 for a nonprofit corporation.  Since you don't have a bank account someone will need to pay the fee with a credit card and later be reimbursed.

Here are some examples of Articles of Incorporation for some WV park foundations:
Sample Articles of Incorporation (A sample AOI document created by the WV Parks office)
Camp Creek AOI (Camp Creek State Park Foundation's AOI document)

7. PREPARE YOUR BYLAWS:
Bylaws are an internal corporate document that set out the basic ground rules for operating your corporation. They are not filed with the state. Your corporation is not legally required to have corporate by-laws, but you should adopt them because they (1) establish your corporation's operating rules, and (2) help show banks, creditors, the IRS, and others that your corporation is legitimate.  Look at other organization's bylaws as examples:
Sample bylaws  (A sample set of bylaws created by the WV Parks office)
Camp Creek bylaws (Camp Creek State Park Fouundation's bylaws))
https://www.msrlha.org/documents/bylaws.pdf (Mountain State RR & Logging Hist. Assoc. (Cass) bylaws)

Also, there are many Web sites that provide suggestions for creating bylaws.  Here are a few links:
http://nonprofitally.com/start-a-nonprofit/nonprofit-bylaws (click the topics for details)
https://form1023.org/how-to-draft-nonprofit-bylaws-with-examples (complete, complex, bylaws example)
https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/structure/organizational-structure/write-bylaws/main (scroll down to details).
  
8. APPOINT DIRECTORS:
The incorporator—the person who signed the articles—must appoint the initial corporate directors who will serve on the board until the first annual meeting of shareholders (when the board members who will serve for the next term are elected by the shareholders).

9. HOLD YOUR FIRST DIRECTORS MEETING:
The first meeting of the corporation's board of directors should be held at which the directors can appoint corporate officers, adopt bylaws, select a corporate bank, and set the corporation's fiscal year. The directors' actions must be recorded in corporate minutes prepared by the incorporator or any of the directors. It is usually necessary to prepare the minutes over one or two weeks, and then send them to all the directors for their signature.

10. REGISTER AND GET A BUSINESS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE:
Every business in West Virginia must register with the West Virginia State Tax Department before commencing business activities in the state. There is normally a $30 fee, but the fee is waived for nonprofit corporations.   To register with the West Virginia State Tax Department, you must complete the Application for Registration Certificate (Form WV/BUS-APP) on the West Virginia business4wv website.

11. BUSINESS LICENSES:
As long as you don't have employees, don't sell things, and don't use gambling to get money, you probably don't need any additional West Virginia business licenses.  Check with your local county to make sure they don't have any local requirements.

12. OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT:
Once you are a real corporation you can open a bank account.  You should have at least two people on the account.  One should obviously be the Treasurer, and any others should be folks who are stable and are likely to remain involved with the foundation for an extended time.  Caution: Be sure to use the foundation's EIN for the bank account and not someone's Social Security Number. 

13. APPLY FOR IRS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS:
You need to fill out an IRS Form 1023 to request exempt status.  There is an on-line version that can probably be used.  Go to https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1023EZ to get started.  You will need to go through a long checklist of questions to see if you are eligible to use the short 1023-EZ form.  Assuming you are, register with  the pay.gov Web site and complete the Form 1023 form.  You will have to pay a $275 fee using a credit card through the Pay.gov Web site.  (The fee was reduced from $400 to $275 on July 1, 2016).  The 1023 instructions explain the process.

Line 1 of the Form 1023 asks for the 3-character NTEE code that best describes your foundation's purpose.  The full list of codes is in the 1023 instructions, but any of the following codes seem to be appropriate:
C11 - Single Organization Support for Environmental Quality, Protection, and Beautification
N11 - Single Organization Support for Recreation, Sports, Leisure, Athletics
T11 - Single Organization Support for Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations
W11 - Single Organization Support for Public, Society Benefit - Multipurpose and Other

Another note: Although your corporate name says "Foundation", you are going to be a public charity, not a private foundation as the IRS defines it.  Don't let the wording on the Form 1023 confuse you.

IRS publication 557 "Tax-Exempt Status for Your Organization" gives much more detail about tax exempt status.  It's at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p557.pdf and is worth reading.

14. ANNUAL REPORT REQUIREMENTS:
Each year the corporation must file two reports:

1. West Virginia requires a very simple report and a $25 fee.  Go to business4wv.com, log in and select "Annual Report" in the "File Annual Reports" list in the "Business Filings" tab on the left side of the main screen.  The hardest part of the form is listing the addresses for the foundation's officers and up to two of its directors.  There is a $25 annual fee for filing the report. 

One thing the Annual Report form asks for is your 4-digit "Business Purpose" code.  This is the NIACS code and none seem to really fit a foundation's purpose.  Codes commonly used by foundations include 7139 (Other Amusement and Recreation Industries Including Golf Courses and Fitness Centers, Marinas and Skiing Facilities) and 8132 (Grantmaking and Giving Services). 

2. Until your foundation has over $50,000 in gross annual income you must electronically file a Form 990-N report with the IRS each year.  Go to www.irs.gov/990n for instructions and a link to the form.  It takes about 10 minutes to complete the form and there is no fee.  If you have over $50,000 in gross income you will have to file a more complex Form 990-EZ or Form 990.