Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 17-1761

• Charitable organization: means any person who engages in the activity of soliciting funds or donations for, or purported to be for, any fraternal, benevolent, social, educational, alumni, historical, humane, public health or other charitable purpose. See Kansas Statutes 17-1760
• charitable purpose: means any purpose which promotes, or purports to promote, directly or indirectly, the well-being of the public at large or any number of persons, or any humane purpose, whether such well-being is in general or limited to certain activities, endeavors or projects;

  (c) "person" means any individual, group, association, partnership, corporation, trust or any combination thereof;

  (d) "professional fund raiser" means any person, who is retained under contract or otherwise compensated by or on behalf of a charitable organization primarily for the purpose of soliciting funds. See Kansas Statutes 17-1760

• professional solicitor: means any person who is employed or retained for compensation by a professional fund raiser to solicit contributions for charitable purposes from persons in this state; and

  (f) "solicitation" means any request or appeal, either oral or written, or any endeavor to obtain, seek or plead for funds, property, financial assistance or other thing of value, including the promise or grant of any money or property of any kind or value for a charitable purpose, but excluding:

  (1) Direct grants or allocation of funds received or solicited from any affiliated fund-raising organization by a member agency; and

  (2) unsolicited contributions received from any individual donor, foundation, trust, governmental agency or other source, unless such contributions are received in conjunction with a solicitation drive. See Kansas Statutes 17-1760

• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201