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A charitable organization usually is defined for these purposes as any person organized and operated for a charitable 10 purpose. The word person is then broadly defined, employing terms such as individual, organization, trust, foundation, association, partnership, corporation, firm, company, society, league, or other group or combination acting as a unit.

Often, the term charitable organization also includes a person that “holds itself out” as a charitable entity or one that solicits or obtains contributions solicited from the public.¹¹

These laws usually operate even in the absence of a soliciting charitable organization. That is, anyone soliciting for a charitable purpose generally is required to be in compliance with one or more of these statutes.