Terms Used In Iowa Code 13C.3

  • Charitable organization: means a person who solicits or purports to solicit contributions for a charitable purpose and which receives contributions. See Iowa Code 13C.1
  • Charitable purpose: means a benevolent, educational, philanthropic, humane, scientific, patriotic, social welfare or advocacy, public health, environmental, conservation, civic, or other charitable objective. See Iowa Code 13C.1
  • solicitation: means the request, directly or indirectly, for a contribution on the pleas or representation that the contribution will be used for a charitable purpose. See Iowa Code 13C.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 A charitable organization shall not solicit contributions for a charitable purpose in this state, where the charitable organization claims that a portion or all of the contributions received will be given to another charitable organization in this state, without permission from the other charitable organization that its name may be referred to as part of the solicitation.