Iowa Admin. Code r. 11-71.4

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, December 11, 2024

Rule 11-71.4 - Administration

The director shall select a campaign administrator to organize and manage the program. The state accounting enterprise shall serve as the campaign's fiscal agent. It shall be the sole responsibility of the campaign administrator to determine, using the criteria set forth in these rules, which charitable agencies or federations of agencies shall be eligible to participate in the campaign.

(1)Request to participate. Charitable agencies and federations of charitable agencies wishing to participate in the one gift campaign program shall forward the completed application packet developed by the campaign administrator to the campaign administrator prior to the date publicized in January of each year by the campaign administrator Applications received prior to the publicized date and subsequently approved shall be eligible for inclusion in the list of approved charities published prior to each annual solicitation period. Applications received after the publicized date may be accepted with the approval of the campaign administrator

(2)Notification of agencies. The campaign administrator shall, within 30 calendar days following the closing date for applications, send letters of denial or acceptance on behalf of the director, and include reasons for denial when applicable.

(3)Request for reconsideration. A charitable agency that has been denied participation will be allowed ten calendar days following the date of the notice of denial to file a written request for reconsideration with the director The director shall notify agencies of the final decision within ten calendar days following the date the request was received. The director's decision shall constitute final agency action.

(4)Distribution of campaign moneys.

a. An approved pledge authorization form shall be used. Pledge authorization forms shall be developed by the campaign administrator and fiscal agent as provided for in rule 11-43.6 (70A). State employees shall be allowed to specifically designate their gifts to agencies or federations of agencies described in the campaign materials, and the pledge authorization form shall be designed to accommodate such designations.

b. Gifts not specifically designated shall be distributed to participating agencies or federations of agencies based on the same percentage ratio as the designated dollars are distributed. This fact shall be prominently displayed in the campaign materials.

c. The one gift campaign shall charge the actual administrative costs of managing the campaign to each participating charitable agency based on the percentage of total campaign moneys received by that agency. Such charges shall not include the salaries of state employees involved in the ongoing administration of the program.

d. Any shrinkage (moneys pledged but not contributed) shall reduce the moneys distributed to charitable agencies in the same ratio as the designated moneys.

e. Moneys collected will be sent to the charitable agencies monthly by the department of revenue.

f. Moneys collected that cannot be distributed to a charitable agency because the agency has ceased to do business or the agency has been disqualified from participation in the campaign shall be distributed to participating agencies or federations of agencies based on the same percentage ratio as the designated dollars are distributed. This fact shall be prominently displayed on the campaign materials.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 11-71.4