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The Law of Fundraising, 6th Edition
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The Law of Fundraising, 6th Edition

by Bruce R. Hopkins, Alicia M. Beck
April 2022
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
688 pages
24h 46m
English
Wiley
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CHAPTER EIGHTProspective Federal Regulation of Fundraising: Proposals and Issues

As Chapters 5 and 6 reflect, meaningful federal regulation of fundraising by and on behalf of charitable organizations has come into being over the years; its reach is expanding. And yet, nonetheless, Congress has not given serious thought to enactment of a federal charitable solicitation act.

If only because of the complexity and inconsistency of the state charitable solicitation acts, and the compliance and enforcement problems generated by multistate fundraising, it is somewhat surprising that, in the modern era, there is no federal law regulating interstate fundraising for charitable purposes—a law that would preempt or at least overlay (like the federal securities and antitrust laws) the crazy quilt of state statutes. These issues, difficult as they were just a few years ago, are exacerbated by charities' use of the Internet to raise funds. Present law stresses disclosure; future law may include more ...

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