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AFP eWire June 21, 2004	New Canadian Telemarketing Rules Will Impact Charities The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has issued new regulations that impose additional requirements and disclosures for charities engaged in telemarketing, as well as for those for-profit organizations working on behalf of a charity.
AFP eWire July 16, 2007	Canadian Charities Subject to Telemarketing Rules, Exempt from Do-Not-Call List The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commissions has promulgated regulations that would exempt charities from a national do-not-call list, but make them subject to other requirements under its telemarketing rules.
AFP eWire May 12, 2008	AFP Seeks to Exempt Charities From Do-Not-Call List Fees The Canadian Parliament specifically exempted charities from the do-not-call list, and calls made by or on behalf of charities are not subject to the list and its accompanying regulations.
AFP eWire May 30, 2006	AFP Submits Additional Comments on Do-Not-Call List In response to continuing concerns from the Canada Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, AFP has submitted additional testimony regarding the implementation of a national do-not-call list and how it will impact charities.
AFP eWire	U.S. Do-Not-Call List Now Permanent Phone numbers on the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) national Do-Not-Call List will remain there permanently unless voluntarily removed under a bill signed into law recently by President Bush.
AFP eWire October 1, 2007	Making the Do-Not-Call List Permanent? With many telephone numbers about to drop off the national do-not-call list, Congress has introduced legislation to make enrollment on the registry permanent.
AFP eWire June 14, 2004	Letters Needed on New Postal Service Regs---Write Now! The proposed USPS rule would change the guidelines for sending charitable solicitations and would no longer permit charities to distribute letters with dual purposes (education and fundraising). Deadline for letters to refute the exclusive purpose regulations is June 18, 2004.
AFP eWire December 11, 2015	Submit Your Comments NOW to the IRS on New Regulations Requiring Disclosure of Social Security Numbers The Internal Revenue Service is proposing regulations that would create a new donor disclosure form for donations over $250 that would require charities to collect their donors' social security numbers.
AFP eWire September 16, 2013	Canada Revenue Agency -- Toolbox for Directors, Officers and Volunteers In an effort to help registered charities understand and meet their requirements and obligations, the Charities Directorate has assembled a page of key resources for directors, officers and volunteers.
AFP eWire December 5, 2005	Finance Canada Recommends Withdrawal of "Due Diligence" Requirements In response to comments from philanthropic organizations, Finance Canada has recommended to the Minister of Finance that the proposed "due diligence" requirements, Section 248(40) of the recent tax technical bill, be withdrawn.
AFP eWire February 23, 2004	Do-Not-Call List Wins in Court A major challenge to the legality of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) National Do-Not-Call Registry was rejected by a federal court last week, leaving the list in place and operational.
AFP eWire April 3, 2012	New Survey Looks at How Charities Are (And Are Not) Connecting With Donors in Canada Donors may surprise charities in some of the priorities they emphasize in their interactions with charities, according to What Canadian Donors Want, a new survey conducted by AFP of more than 1,000 donors across the country.
AFP eWire December 13, 2011 Mark Blumberg	What Should Fundraising Cost? While most in the nonprofit sector are aware that fundraising is necessary, much of the public at large sees it as a distraction from a charity's main purpose, rather than a function requiring investment.
AFP eWire July 13, 2011	AFP Responds to Canada's MoneySense Charity Rankings MoneySense, a personal finance magazine in Canada, has released its second annual Charity 100, a ranking of 100 charities based mostly on fundraising costs, along with governance and transparency.
AFP eWire June 12, 2013	Tampa Bay Times, CNN List of "Worst Charities" Cites Extreme Cases, Misses Key Points In response to the recent release of the "50 Worst Charities" by the Tampa Bay Times and CNN, the president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Andrew Watt, released a statement.
AFP eWire July 12, 2004	CRA Creates New Help Resource for Canadian Charities The new position within the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will assist charities with issues or questions that cannot be dealt with through normal channels.
AFP eWire January 9, 2006	Charities in New York, North Carolina Receiving More from Telemarketing Campaigns These states released a report showing that nonprofits there received a greater percentage of income from telemarketing firms soliciting on their behalf than in previous years.
AFP eWire February 4, 2014	What Canadian Donors Want: Information, Impact and to Help Those in Need More Canadians than ever are knowledgeable about charities and researching before they give, but many are not sure about the impact their gifts are having, according to a new survey.
AFP eWire July 25, 2005	Canada Revenue Agency Provides 2004 "Annual Report" The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), the agency most responsible for oversight of the charitable sector, has released facts and figures about its activities in 2004.
AFP eWire July 21, 2014	Fundraising Professional Hail New York Case Settlement, Encourage Donors to Take Wise Giving Steps The Association of Fundraising Professionals applauds the recent investigation by the New York State Attorney's General Office into the Disabled Veterans National Foundation, calling it a victory for ethical charities and fundraisers.
AFP eWire November 6, 2006	Trust in Canadian Charities, Fundraising Remains Strong Nearly four out of five Canadians trust charities, and leaders of charities are some of the most trusted people in the country, according to the Muttart Foundation's survey of public attitudes about the charitable sector.
AFP eWire January 9, 2016	IRS Withdraws Substantiation Proposal Thanks to Thousands of Nonprofit Comments The Internal Revenue Service has dropped its proposal to create a new substantiation form that could have had charities asking for donor's Social Security numbers.
AFP eWire May 20, 2015 Andrew Watt	Comments of the Association of Fundraising Professionals on Cancer Charities Charged With Fraud by FTC AFP responded to the recent action by the Federal Trade Commission against three national charities, Cancer Fund of America, Children's Cancer Fund of America, and Breast Cancer Society.
AFP eWire May 29, 2006	Canadian Executives Support Charity, But Don't Feel Need to Contribute More A new poll of Canadian business leaders shows that a majority has favorable views of charities and their work, but don't believe they need to support them more than they do already.
AFP eWire November 12, 2007	Funding For Canadian Giving Survey in Jeopardy The Canadian federal government is considering cutting funding for the Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participation (CSGVP).
AFP eWire July 14, 2008	AFP Responds to L.A. Times Report on Fundraising Inefficiencies A response to a recent article stating that only a small percentage of money reaches California nonprofits when they use a for-profit fundraising company to raise funds.
AFP eWire November 8, 2004	New Postal Rule Eases Restrictions on Use of Personal Information Bowing to pressure from the nonprofit sector, the United States Postal Service has changed new regulations on the eligibility of nonprofit mail which contains personal information for Standard Mail rates.
AskMen.com July 30, 2003 Steve Richer	How To: Stop Telemarketers From Calling If you've had enough of receiving calls from telemarketers at the most inopportune moments, then do something about it. There are actions you can take.
AFP eWire September 6, 2005	Letters Needed Now on Finance Committee Proposals! Numerous charitable giving tax incentives are at stake. It is critical that members take action now and contact their U.S. senators!
AFP eWire October 16, 2004	Canadians More Confident in Charities Than Americans According to a recent survey, Canadians remain extremely confident in the charities that serve them, although a large majority feels that a national charity watchdog organization should be created.
AFP eWire	Charitable Fundraising Takes Another Hit Just 43 percent of charities raised more money in 2009 than in 2008, marking it the worst year for charitable fundraising in a decade.
AFP eWire March 20, 2012	Canadians Agree That Charities are Important to Society Canadians may be internationally known for our pleasant demeanour, but don't get us started on our national pastime of hockey or on how our nonprofits should be run; we have strong opinions about both.
AFP eWire August 9, 2011	New Jersey Proposes Mandatory Disclosures for Certain Charities New Jersey's Division of Consumer Affairs has issued a proposal that would require certain charities to disclose information about how their contributions would be spent.
AFP eWire January 8, 2007	Canadian Charitable Sector Continues to Grow As of December 2005, the number of registered charities in Canada, including public and private foundations, numbered 82,243 according to recent data released by the Canada Revenue Agency.
AFP eWire October 16, 2004	Do Not Fax Rules Delayed Until Mid-2005 The FCC's vote to further delay the implementation of its do-not-fax regulations affords charities and other nonprofits additional time to not only prepare for the regulations, but continue to seek legislative changes to the requirements.
AFP eWire December 3, 2007	CRA Cracking Down on Compliance, Enforcement of Form T3010A The Canada Revenue Agency has indicated it will be cracking down on registered charities that either file their Forms T3010A late or not at all; at the same time, it also is providing increased guidance on how organizations can comply with these requirements.
AFP eWire	Funds Raised Increased at 58 Percent of US and Canadian Charities in 2012 Nearly six in 10 charities surveyed (58 percent) raised more in 2012 than they did in 2011 from contributions, marking the first time since 2006 that significantly more than half showed such positive results. Last year at this time, 53 percent had raised more.
AFP eWire July 3, 2013	Impact vs. Overhead Talk to almost any donor about what's important when they give, and the answer will be impact, change and positive outcomes.
AFP eWire April 12, 2004	AFP Opposes FEC Rules on Political Activity, Advocacy The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) submitted comments to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) asking the commission to exempt 501(c) organizations from its proposed new rules on political committees and advocacy activities.
AFP eWire March 28, 2005	AFP Requests Meeting with Minister of Finance Over Quota Changes Canadian Bill C-33 proposes the most significant changes to the laws relating to charities in over 20 years. The most significant concern regarding Bill C-33 is that it introduces significant changes to the calculation of the disbursement quota for registered charities.
AFP eWire December 17, 2007	House Panel Probes Fundraising by Veteran's Charities Allegations of ineffective and inefficient fundraising, as well as misuse of funds raised, have been directed at charities that serve military veterans.
AFP eWire	54 Percent of Canadian Charitable Organizations Surveyed Say Contributions Rose in 2011 More than half of surveyed Canadian charitable organizations saw growth in charitable giving lase year.
AFP eWire February 12, 2014	New Canadian Budget Supports Online Charity Registration, Modernization of Lotteries Budget 2014, introduced yesterday, includes a number of measures impacting Canada's charities.
AFP eWire January 15, 2007	New Web Resource for Canadian Donors The Canada Revenue Agency has developed a new online resource that provides a wealth of data to donors about registered charities, regulations, donation receipts and tips on wise giving.
AFP eWire January 4, 2005	Give, But Give Wisely, to Tsunami Relief Efforts The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) today encouraged the general public to contribute to tsunami relief efforts, but urged donors to use caution when giving to avoid potential scams.
AFP eWire August 14, 2006	Indiana's Do-Not-Call Law Upheld An Indiana law that prohibits charities from using for-profit, outside solicitors in telefundraising campaigns was upheld recently by a federal appeals court.
AFP eWire June 21, 2004	House Passes Jobs Bill with New Vehicle Donation Rules The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a provision that would require donors to obtain an independent appraisal of their vehicle before donating it to charity.
AFP eWire April 18, 2005	U.S. House Ways and Means Committee to Hold Hearing on the Tax-Exempt Sector Following in the footsteps of the Senate Finance Committee's April 5, 2005, hearing on the charitable sector, the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing titled "An Overview of the Tax-Exempt Sector."
AFP eWire July 14, 2009	Many Donors Not Overwhelmed by Charity Communications Most donors don't feel as if they are receiving too many communications from charities according to a new survey released recently at the Institute of Fundraising National Convention in London.
AFP eWire May 14, 2007	Are Special Events Inefficient? Recent research about special events and their apparent ineffectiveness for charities has already been criticized for both its methodology and its conclusions.