PDFWAC 434-120-100

Entities exempt from registration.

(1) Any entity that conducts charitable solicitations or will solicit or collect contributions from the general public for charitable purposes shall register with the charities program under the Charitable Solicitations Act, chapter 19.09 RCW.
(2) Entities and solicitations exempt from registration include the following:
(a) Any political organization as defined in RCW 19.09.020(15);
(b) Any entity that raises less than fifty thousand dollars in revenue in any accounting year, if all its activities, including fund-raising, are conducted by volunteers, and no officers or members receive assets, or compensation from the organization;
(c) Churches and their integrated auxiliaries; and
(d) Any request for a contribution on behalf of a specific individual or family unit named in the solicitation, but only if all of the proceeds are given to or expended for the direct benefit of that individual or family unit. This does not include organizations that conduct solicitations for one or more individuals on a repeated or ongoing basis.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 11.110, 19.09, and 43.07 RCW. WSR 14-17-025, § 434-120-100, filed 8/12/14, effective 9/12/14. Statutory Authority: RCW 19.09.075, [19.09.]079, [19.09.]097, and [19.09.]520. WSR 12-14-114, § 434-120-100, filed 7/5/12, effective 8/5/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 19.09.097, [19.09.]315, [19.09.]540, 43.07.125. WSR 09-01-106, § 434-120-100, filed 12/17/08, effective 1/17/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 19.09.315 and 19.09.075. WSR 96-10-021, § 434-120-100, filed 4/24/96, effective 5/25/96. Statutory Authority: Chapters 34.05, 19.09, 11.110 and 43.07 RCW and 1993 c 471. WSR 94-01-004, § 434-120-100, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94.]