The Law of Fundraising. Bruce R. Hopkins

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СКАЧАТЬ 585 A. 2d 1146, 1151 (Pa. 1991)).Clearly, a charitable organization organized in one state and maintaining an office or similar physical presence in another state is doing business in the latter state. The general rule is that merely mailing charitable solicitation material into a state is not doing business in that state, although a contrary approach can be established by statute or regulation. In many states, the determination as to whether an organization is doing business in a state is under the jurisdiction of the secretary of state, whereas the registration and reporting requirements of a charitable solicitation act are administered by the attorney general. In some states (such as California), a determination that a charitable organization is doing business in the state leads to a requirement that the organization file for and receive a ruling as to its tax-exempt status in the state (or else be subject to state taxation). Thus, fundraising in a state can entail an obligation on the part of the charitable organization to file with three separate agencies in the state.

      79 79. E.g., Horner and Makens, “Securities Regulation of Fundraising Activities of Religious and Other Nonprofit Organizations,” XXVII Stetson L. Rev. (No. 2) 473 (Fall 1997).

      80 80. E.g., Missouri ex rel. Nixon v. RCT Development Association, 290 S.W. 3d 756 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009) (applying a state's merchandising practices act (a consumer protection law) to enjoin a charitable fundraising scheme); People v. Gellard, 68 N.E.2d 600 (N.Y. 1946). A challenge to a state's use of an unfair trade practices act and state sweepstakes law to regulate charitable fundraising failed, with the court finding that the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring the suit (American Charities for Reasonable Fundraising Regulation, Inc. v. Shiffrin, 46 F. Supp. 2d 143 (D. Conn. 1999)).The state of Minnesota, in mid-1999, charged a charity located in Louisiana and its fundraising company with the use of deceptive tactics in raising money, by telephone, for terminally ill children (Williams, “Minn. Sues Charity, Solicitors Over Telephone Appeals,” XI Chron. of Phil. (No. 14) 29 (May 6, 1999)).

      81 81. In addition to these state requirements, there are hundreds of county and city ordinances, as noted supra note 1. The constitutionality of these ordinances is a subject that is attracting increasing attention. Two of these ordinances, portions of which were struck down as being unconstitutional, are discussed in Chapter 4 (see the analyses of the Gospel Missions of America case).One of the obvious aspects of these ordinances is the enormous administrative and financial burden they place on charities that raise funds statewide, regionally, and certainly nationally. A court has, however, rejected the argument that the costs of compliance with these ordinances is an unconstitutional form of direct or indirect regulation of interstate commerce; it also held that the substantial benefit to the county involved outweighs any compliance difficulties. Further, a free speech argument (see § 5.8) failed; the court myopically wrote: “The County also correctly points out that localities are well within their power to regulate charitable solicitation within their territorial boundaries” (American Charities for Reasonable Fundraising Regulation, Inc. v. Pinellas County, 32 F. Supp. 2d 1308, 1325 (M.D. Fla. 1998)). But see, however, § 4.13(c).

      82 82. These recommendations are reproduced at Bureau of National Affairs, Daily Tax Report (no. 185) (Sep. 26, 2005).

      83 83. Pension Protection Act of 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109-280).

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