Charitable giving: online fundraising.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill aims to regulate online charitable fundraising platforms and charities in California. It requires these platforms to register with the Attorney General’s Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, ensuring they only facilitate solicitations for organizations in good standing. The bill also establishes rules for how these platforms handle donations, including disclosures to donors and requirements for providing tax receipts. Furthermore, it authorizes the Attorney General to create guidelines for using application programming interfaces to determine charitable organization standing.
Key provisions
- Requires online fundraising platforms to register with the Attorney General.
- Establishes criteria for ‘good standing’ for recipient charitable organizations.
- Mandates disclosures to donors regarding how donations are used and recipient organizations.
- Authorizes the use of application programming interfaces to determine good standing.
- Requires platforms to obtain written consent from recipient charities for solicitations.
- Sets standards for timely distribution of donations to recipient charities.
- Defines ‘charitable fundraising platform’ and ‘platform charity’ with specific criteria.
- Requires platforms to provide tax donation receipts to donors.
Who is affected
- Online fundraising platforms
- Charitable fundraising platforms
- Charitable organizations
- Donors
- The Attorney General’s Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
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