What is a professional fundraiser?
A professional fundraiser can be a company or an individual which or who you will hire to do some of the organizing for your fundraiser events. Their services and their rates vary, as well as the terms for payment. The usual term for paying a professional fundraiser is by paying a pre-set amount. The professional fundraiser will then provide with the tools and materials, or the items that will be used for your fundraising events. Besides the fact that the professional fundraiser does most of the handiwork for the fundraising event, one of the main advantages of this service is that it can used by organizations and individuals who do not have funds for the endeavor. This is possible for a number of reasons. First, you can use a pre-order type of fundraising event – people order and pay for items, then you give them items after a few days. The professional fundraiser will give you catalogs, which will be used so the people can choose which item to buy. Both you and the professional fundr
A professional fundraiser is defined in Kansas law at K.S.A. 17-1760(d). A professional fundraiser is a person who contracts with, or is compensated by, a charitable organization for the primary purpose of soliciting funds. Professional fundraisers often help plan solicitations and prepare solicitation materials.
A. A professional fundraiser is generally defined a person who for compensation solicits financial support on behalf of a charity. Q. IF A CHARITY HIRES A TELEMARKETER OR A DIRECT MAIL COMPANY, IS THAT ORGANIZATION ALSO REQUIRED TO REGISTER? A. Forty-five (45) states require professional fundraisers to register. Telemarketers are always defined as professional fundraisers because they directly contact the public. In contrast, many direct marketing companies act in the capacity of fundraising counsel, i.e., they do not directly contact the public. If a charity has a contract with a professional fundraiser, the contract generally must be filed. The contract will be open to public inspection. Q. WHAT IS A FUNDRAISING COUNSEL? A. The general definition of a fundraising counsel (or fundraising consultant) is a person that assists in planning, managing, or supervising a fundraising campaign, but does not directly solicit the public or have custody or control of funds raised by the campaign.
“Professional fundraiser” means a person who, for financial compensation or profit, performs for a charitable organization a service in connection with which contributions are, or will be, solicited in this state by the compensated person or by a compensated person the person employs, procures, or engages to solicit; or a person who for compensation or profit plans, manages, advises, consults, or prepares material for, or with respect to, the solicitation in this state of contributions for a charitable organization. A bona fide full-time salaried officer or employee of a charitable organization maintaining a permanent establishment within the state may not be deemed to be a professional fundraiser. An attorney, investment counselor, or banker who advises any person to make a contribution to a charitable organization may not be deemed, as the result of that advice, to be a professional fundraiser.
