Hawaii Revised Statutes 467B-11.5 – Charitable organizations exempted from registration and financial disclosure requirements
The following charitable organizations shall not be subject to sections 467B-2.1 and 467B-6.5 if the organization submits an application for an exemption to the department and the department approves the organization’s application:
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 467B-11.5
- Charitable organization: means :
(1) Any person determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be a tax exempt organization pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; or
(2) Any person who is or holds itself out to be established for any benevolent, educational, philanthropic, humane, scientific, patriotic, social welfare or advocacy, public health, environmental conservation, civic, or other eleemosynary purpose, or any person who in any manner employs a charitable appeal as the basis of any solicitation or an appeal that has a tendency to suggest there is a charitable purpose to the solicitation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467B-1
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Department: means the department of the attorney general. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467B-1
- professional fundraising counsel: means any person who, for compensation, plans, conducts, manages, advises, consults, or prepares material for, or with respect to, the solicitation of contributions in this State for a charitable organization, but who actually solicits no contributions as a part of the person's services, and who does not employ, procure, or engage any compensated person to solicit contributions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467B-1
- Professional solicitor: means any person who, for a financial or other consideration, solicits contributions in this State for a charitable organization, or any person with whom the professional solicitor independently contracts to solicit for contributions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467B-1
The attorney general may require the application for exemption to be filed electronically with the department and may require the use of electronic signatures.