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Can a political committee use firstgiving to raise funds?
Maria
asked this on February 22, 2011 12:41 pm
We have formed a committee named "Citizens to Elect Susan Geerling." Can we use your site to raise funds? We are looking for a grassroots way to solicit donations so there are "no strings attached" like there are with big donations or funraising events.
Thanks!
Maria
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Hi Maria,
FirstGiving can be used to raise money for any US-registered 501(c)3 nonprofit - from what I understand, political organizations have a different tax designation, but if your organization is a 501(c)3, then you can raise money on our site.
If your tax designation is something else, you can still raise money online using a "personal-use" fundraising widget such as that provided by a website like ChipIn.
Have a great day!