# The Law of Fundraising

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/the-law-of-fundraising/
- Published: 2013-12-06T23:35:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Raising funds to fulfil a nonprofit organisation’s goals is critical to its success,
but fundraising regulations are an increasingly complex maze. **

_The Law of Fundraising, Fifth Edition_ is the definitive guide to demystifying 
federal and state fundraising regulations.

Completely updated and expanded, this _Fifth Edition_ of _The Law of Fundraising_
is the only book to tackle the increasingly complex maze of federal and state fundraising
regulation. Written by two of the country’s few legal experts on fundraising laws
pertaining to tax-exempt organisations, primarily public charities, this comprehensive
reference thoroughly explains federal and state laws with emphasis on administrative,
tax, and constitutional law.

Exploring the details of these laws, compliance issues, and prospective laws, this
authoritative resource provides an in-depth look into the regulation of charitable
fundraising from a federal, state, and sometimes local level perspective.

_The Law of Fundraising_, _Fifth Edition_ explores:

 * Government regulation of fundraising for charity: origins and the contemporary
   climate
 * States’ charitable solicitation acts
 * State regulation of fundraising: legal issues
 * Internet fundraising
 * Donor-advised funds law
 * International fundraising
 * Anatomy of charitable fundraising
 * Federal regulation of fundraising
 * Prospective federal regulation of fundraising: proposals and issues
 * Standards of enforcement by watchdog agencies

This essential guide is accompanied by tables of court cases, IRS rulings, and other
pronouncements. In addition, _The Law of Fundraising_, _Fifth Edition_ is supplemented
to keep you aware of all of the latest developments in fundraising law.

Read _The Law of Fundraising_, _Fifth Edition_ and get timely advice on the most
current laws, rules, and regulations governing fundraising.

The 6th edition is due for publication in April 2022.[](https://fundraising.co.uk/books/the-law-of-fundraising/void(0))