9700 - FUNDRAISING BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS

School City of Hammond

Administrative Guidelines

9700 - FUNDRAISING BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS

Charitable organizations are defined as any benevolent, philanthropic, patriotic, not-for-profit group, association, corporation, or organization proposed to be such, which solicits and collects funds for charitable purposes.

The following criteria will be used in order to ensure equitable consideration of all requests by charitable organizations or groups to solicit funds on School Corporation premises. In this context, fundraising shall also include solicitation of clothing, foodstuffs, or other products.

	A.	The purpose of the fundraising is to help alleviate an economic, health, cultural, educational, or social need in the school community area.

	B.	A minimum of 100% of the funds the organization collects in the Corporation are spent within the community.

	C.	The organization and/or the disbursement of funds are managed by residents of the Corporation.

	D.	The funds are not used for religious or political purposes.

	E.	The organization has a definite plan for the collection and distribution of funds.

These guidelines shall apply to all fundraising activities other than approved student fundraising activities and those approved for Corporation-related organizations.

All crowdfunding activities are subject to Policy 6605 and any administrative guidelines adopted by the Superintendent to implement Policy 6605.

Revised 3/22/17