Kansas Statutes 17-1766. Disclosures required
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 17-1766
- 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
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- 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
All solicitations by professional solicitors shall contain the following disclosures at the point of solicitation:
(a) The name, address and telephone number of the charitable organization;
(b) the registration number, obtained pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 17-1763, and amendments thereto, for the charitable organization;
(c) if the solicitation is made by a person acting as a professional solicitor, the registration number obtained pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 17-1765, and amendments thereto; and
(d) that an annual financial report required by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 17-1763, and amendments thereto, for the preceding fiscal year is on file with the attorney general.