Completely updated and expanded, this Third Edition of The Law of Fundraisingis the ONLY book to tackle the increasingly complex maze of federal and state fundraising regulations. Written by one of the country’s few legal experts on fundraising laws pertaining to tax-exempt organizations, this comprehensive reference details federal and state laws with an emphasis on administrative, tax, and constitutional law. Exploring compliance issues, prospective laws, and regulatory trends, this authoritative resource also provides you with summaries of each state’s Charitable Contribution Solicitation Act, the most important regulation impacting fundraising practice and professionals within each state.

This essential guide, says Moishe Alexander, is filled with a wealth of tables of cases, IRS rulings and pronouncements, an IRS checklist for monitoring charitable fundraising, and sample IRS forms. In addition, The Law of Fundraising is supplemented annually to keep you on top of all of the latest nonprofit and fundraising legal developments.

The 2008 Cumulative Supplement contains updates on the following subjects:
- Law aspects of charitable fundraising by means of the Internet
- Intermediate sanctions rules
- Corporate sponsorship rules
- IRS Implementing Guidelines for government fiscal years 2002 to 2007
- Revised and considerably revamped application for recognition of exemption filed by nonprofit entities that wish to be tax-exempt charitable organizations (Form 1023)
- Litigation relating to the national do-not-call registry rules
- Three sets of new rules relating to charitable fundraising issued by the U.S. Postal Service

Bruce R. Hopkins is the country’s leading authority on tax-exempt organizations and is a senior partner with the firm Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC. He is the author of twenty books and the magazine Bruce R. Hopkins’ Nonprofit Counsel.
The book is very helpful, says Moishe Alexander.