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Organizations required to register with the Charities Program must also disclose certain information with each request for a contribution.
The type of disclosure required will depend on how the request is made and who is making the request. In addition, the disclosure must be obvious, clear and made with each request for a contribution. The following disclosures are required by entities that fundraise in Washington State, unless noted otherwise.
This disclosure is not mandatory by organizations that are not required to register with the Charities Program.
Commercial fundraisers must also make the required disclosers with each request for a contribution. In addition to the general requirements above, a commercial fundraiser must also disclose:
Any entity fundraising by telephone must make the disclosures above before asking for a contribution. The required disclosures must also be provided in writing within five business days to anyone who makes a pledge by telephone to donate.
Fundraising using posters, leaflets, automatic dialing machines, publication, audio or video broadcasts, postal or electronics, must disclose the following information in the material in a clear and obvious manner:
This disclosure is not mandatory by entities that are not required to register with the Charities Program.
This disclosure is not mandatory by entities that are not required to register with the Charities Program.
A container or vending machine displaying a fundraising request must include the following disclosures in a clear and obvious manner:
This disclosure is not mandatory by entities that are not required to register with the Charities Program.
Disclosure Requirements for Solicitations Conducted in Washington State RCW 19.09.100
All organizations that are required to register with the Charities Program must also disclose certain information with each request for a contribution.
The type of disclosures required will depend on how the request is made and who is making the request. In addition, the disclosure must be clear and made with each request for a contribution.
A sample of a written disclosure is provided below:
Sample Disclosure*
Thank you for supporting (name of organization) located in (city). (Name of organization) is registered with Washington State’s Charities Program as required by law and additional information is available by calling 360-725-0377 or visiting https://ccfs.sos.wa.gov/#/
If your organization is fundraising in other states, please contact those states for any additional registration and disclosure requirements you may be required to make.