Collect money for charitable purposes
If you want to raise money for charitable purposes, that is of course extremely commendable. Depending on which federal state you live in, you may have to take certain legal requirements into account when collecting donations. It is therefore best to briefly inform yourself beforehand about the current status of the collection laws.
Notes on collecting cash donations
- When it comes to collecting money for charitable purposes, the different federal states have different legal regulations.
- However, due to the disproportionately high administrative burden, many federal states have repealed all collection laws in recent years.
- These include Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein.
- If you live in another federal state, you should therefore obtain precise information from the responsible authorities beforehand about the legal provisions and requirements.
- When registering, you will usually need to provide various details about when and where you are collecting money, for what purpose, etc.
- Please note, however, that in these federal states, too, the collection of donations is only legal Requirements are subject to direct and personal contact with potential donors in public step.
- The setting up of donation cans, the sending or The display of appropriate advertising and calls for donations in the media, on the other hand, do not have to be approved, but can be carried out by anyone at any time.
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