Rhode Island General Laws 5-53.1-12.1. Solicitation – Requirements
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Prior to orally requesting a contribution, or contemporaneously with a written request for a contribution, the following shall be clearly and conspicuously disclosed:
(a) The name of the professional solicitor and professional fundraiser, and the fact that the solicitation is being conducted by a professional solicitor.
(b) If requested by the prospective donor, the percentage of the contribution to be retained by the professional fundraiser.
History of Section.
P.L. 2006, ch. 626, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-53.1-12.1
- Contribution: means the promise or grant of any money, property, or anything of value obtained through solicitation, except payments by members of any organization for fees, dues, fines, assessments, or for services rendered to individual members. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-53.1-1
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- Professional fundraiser: means any person who directly or indirectly for compensation or other consideration plans, manages, conducts, carries on, or assists in connection with a solicitation for charitable purposes or individually solicits or who or that employs or otherwise engages on any basis another person to solicit for or on behalf of any charitable organization, or who or that engages in the business of, or holds himself, herself, or itself out to persons as independently engaged in the business of soliciting for the charitable purpose. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-53.1-1
- Professional solicitor: means any person who is employed or retained for compensation by a professional fundraiser to solicit contributions for charitable purposes. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-53.1-1
- solicitation: means to appeal or request, directly or indirectly, whether express or implied, for money, credit, property, financial assistance, or any other thing of value by means of mail, personal contact, written material, radio, telephone, television, news media, magazines or other periodicals, or any other means of plea or representation that the money, credit, property, financial assistance, or other thing of value will be used for a charitable purpose. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-53.1-1