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Attorney General staff urge update to Charitable Solicitation Act as point‑of‑sale and platform risks grow
Summary
Charitable Asset Protection Team recommended modernizing the state's Charitable Solicitation Act to cover digital point‑of‑sale donations, fundraising platforms and to improve transparency after examples such as the Flipcause collapse that left many charities unpaid.
The Attorney General’s Charitable Asset Protection Team told a legislative committee Feb. 20 that fundraising methods have outpaced the state’s Charitable Solicitation Act and left donors and charities exposed.
Joshua (Josh) Steeter, who leads the AGO's Charitable Asset Protection Team, told the Consumer Protection and Business Committee that the Charitable Solicitation Act (CSA) was drafted in the early 1990s and last substantively updated in 2010 and therefore does not address modern digital fundraising channels, point‑of‑sale solicitations or for‑profit fundraising intermediaries.
Steeter outlined four common deceptive fundraising tactics: false…
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