Comments on: Charity Raffles – Tread Carefully

By: Ellis Carter

Ellis Carter — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:24:20 +0000

Sorry, I’m not licensed in California but that would not be permissible in Arizona so tread carefully.

By: Ellis Carter

Ellis Carter — Thu, 12 May 2011 01:04:04 +0000

Sorry, I’m not licensed in California and that is a state law question. My guess would be no. In California, I suggest you call Gene Takegi, a san francisco based nonprofit lawyer – http://www.nonprofitlawblog.com/

By: muke

muke — Wed, 11 May 2011 14:05:32 +0000

in the state of CA can a commercial co-venturer conduct a raffle for a non-profit under current CA law?

By: pamela

pamela — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:34:41 +0000

my org. was just approved as 501 c 3 this year and our financial showed a small income from raffles held at our monthly meetings and it was approved by the IRS once we explained the tickets were sold only to members and the prizes were used donations from members. We take in less than $50 and is only a few times a year…our org is only 2 years old. Based on this would we have to stop the raffle for another 3 years?

By: Ellis Carter

Ellis Carter — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:46:26 +0000

Yes, a new nonprofit cannot legally run a raffle in Arizona until it has been in existence for 5 years.

By: Mike Dulay

Mike Dulay — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:58:52 +0000

So does a new nonprofit have to wait 5 years to be able to run a raffle in AZ?

By: Ethan

Ethan — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:54:18 +0000

The article was really helpful. What happens if you want to do a raffle for a for Profit company anyone know? Does it have to be noprofit to do a raffle?

By: David Harris - Refreshing Business

David Harris - Refreshing Business — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:00:16 +0000

Really interesting and worrying. I have posted a link to this on my blog and wonder if the same problem is happening outside the US. Hopefully there won't be many worthy charities hit by this.