Ala. Admin. Code r. 325-4-.05

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 325-4-.05 - Additional Requirements For ASECCC Participating Federations/Agencies

In addition to meeting the requirements of law as set forth above, organizations that request certification by LARCs must:

(1) Be a tax exempt charitable organization and submit a 501 (c)(3) exemption from the Internal Revenue Service;

(2) Be legally incorporated or authorized to do business in the State of Alabama as a private, nonprofit organization;

(3) Not be a foundation;

(4) Demonstrate to the LARC that at least 60% of the funds raised in the campaign community in each of the two fiscal years prior to its ASECCC application consisted of individual contributions from citizens of Alabama;

(5) Be directed by an active local board:

(a) Which meets at least quarterly;

(b) Whose members serve without compensation (for organizations where a paid executive director or other staff member is a member, volunteers must constitute the majority of the board);

(c) Whose members are residents of the local geographic region served.

NOTE: Agencies serving the needy overseas are exempted by law from the requirements of 325-4-.05.

(6) Adopt and employ the standards of accounting and financial reporting for voluntary health and welfare organizations, including:

(a) Preparing and making available to the general public a detailed annual budget;

(b) Providing for an annual external audit by an independent public accountant and making such audit available to the general public;

(c) Providing and making available to the general public an annual report.

(7) Provide programs of services directed at one or more of the common human needs as defined above and in Section 5(a) of law in the State of Alabama or in countries overseas;

(8) Have a stated policy of nondiscrimination and be in compliance with all requirements of laws and regulations respecting nondiscrimination and equal employment opportunity with respect to its clients, officers, employees and volunteers;

(9) Federations, with the exception of federations serving the needy overseas, must have raised at least $60,000 at the local level, and distributed that sum among at least ten charitable agencies in each of the last two fiscal years preceding its application to participate in the ASECCC;

(10) Federations certified eligible to participate in the ASECCC may choose to assume responsibility for certifying their participating agencies to LARCs as meeting all applicable eligibility requirements for participation in the ASECCC.

Author: Charles G. Colvin.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 325-4-.05

Filed June 4, 1993.

Statutory Authority: Act 91-561.