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Many of the state charitable solicitation acts require that the relationship between a charitable organization and a professional fundraiser, and/or between a charitable organization and a professional solicitor, be evidenced in a written agreement. This contract must be filed with the state soon after the document is executed.

A few of the states with laws pertaining to commercial coventurers have a like requirement with respect to contracts entered into between charitable organizations and business enterprises.

The states that make these requirements applicable to charitable organizations and professional fundraisers, but not to charitable organizations and professional solicitors, are often the states that define a professional solicitor as one who is an employee of a professional fundraiser.⁶⁶

Several state charitable solicitation acts contain rules that mandate certain provisions in a contract between a charitable organization and a professional fundraiser, professional solicitor, and/or commercial coventurer.⁶⁷ The law may require that any one of these three types of contracts must contain (1) a concise and accurate statement of the charitable organization's right to cancel; (2) a concise and accurate statement of the period during which the contract may be canceled; (3) the address to which the notice of cancellation is to be sent; (4) the address of the secretary of state, to whom a duplicate of the notice of cancellation is to be sent; and (5) a statement of the financial arrangement between the parties.