Cal. Code Regs. tit. 11, § 322 – Information for Donors or Persons Regarding Donations Sent by Charitable Fundraising Platforms and Platform Charities.

(a) A charitable fundraising platform or platform charity that engages in solicitation type A or B shall provide an ability for donors to find out whether their donations or recommended donations were sent to a recipient charitable organization or an alternate charitable organization, if donors choose to learn this. Such information shall be made available to donors no later than 15 business days after the donated funds were sent. For purposes of this section, the ability to find out whether donated funds were sent may be provided through written notification, which may occur electronically including through a platform, as long as persons are not charged financially for platform access.
(b) A charitable fundraising platform or platform charity that engages in solicitation type C or D shall provide platform users who made purchases or performed other activity that caused donated funds to be sent, an ability to find out that the total amount of donated funds sent to a recipient charitable organization or an alternate charitable organization included funds based on their purchases or other activity, if platform users choose to learn this. Such information shall be made available to platform users no later than 15 business days after the donated funds were sent. This does not require informing platform users how much of the donated funds sent is attributed to their purchases or other activity.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 12587 and 12599.10, Government Code. Reference: Sections 12599.9 and 12599.10, Government Code.

1. New section filed 3-26-2024; operative 1-1-2025 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2024, No. 13).