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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 574 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0810\">810<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":251903,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83525,"identifier":"57-58","token":"57\/5\/57-58","url":"\/57-58\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/57-58\/","token":"57\/5\/57-58","dublin_core":{"Title":"Ratio of fund-raising expenses to contributions to be included in registration statement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 57-58","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each <span class=\"dictionary\">charitable organization<\/span> shall, as a part of its registration statement, compute the percentage that its <span class=\"dictionary\">fund-raising expenses<\/span> for its preceding fiscal year bore to its support received directly from the public during such year.\n\t\tEach <span class=\"dictionary\">federated fund-raising organization<\/span> shall clearly disclose on any registration the percentage that is withheld from a donation designated for a member agency.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRATIO OF FUND-RAISING EXPENSES TO CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN REGISTRATION\nSTATEMENT (\u00a7 57-58)\n\nEach charitable organization shall, as a part of its registration statement,\ncompute the percentage that its fund-raising expenses for its preceding fiscal\nyear bore to its support received directly from the public during such year.\n\t\tEach federated fund-raising organization shall clearly disclose on any\nregistration the percentage that is withheld from a donation designated for a\nmember agency.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 574; 2003, c. 810.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}