Attorney General's Summary of Results of Charitable Solicitation by Commercial Fund-Raisers in California : Year Ending 2001

This report by the CA Attorney Gen. (AG) presents a summary of results of charitable solicitation in the state by commercial fundraisers in the YE 2001. The term commercial fund-raiser (CFR)Ó refers to a person or corp. that is a for-profit bus. & contracts with charities, for compensation, to raise money on their behalf. The CFR makes a profit by charging charities a flat fee or a percentage of the contributions collected on behalf of the charities. Most of the 85,000 charities registered with the AG do not use CFR to raise funds. The information in this summary is taken unedited from reports filed by the charities & CFR themselves. They had to be signed by the CFR & also by officers of the charities for whom the solicitations were made.Bill, Lockyer is the author of 'Attorney General's Summary of Results of Charitable Solicitation by Commercial Fund-Raisers in California : Year Ending 2001', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756735616 and ISBN 0756735610.