                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION; CERTAIN GOVERNMENT ACTION PROHIBITED (§ 2.2-614.3)

A government agency shall not require any charitable organization to:

1. Disclose individual demographic information concerning employees, officers,
directors, trustees, members, or owners, without the prior written consent of
such individuals;

2. Disclose individual demographic information concerning any person, or the
employees, officers, directors, trustees, members or owners of any entity that
has received monetary or in-kind contributions from or contracted with a
charitable organization without the prior written consent of such individuals;

3. Include in the membership of the governing board or officers of the
charitable organization an individual based on his demographic characteristics;

4. Prohibit an individual from serving as a board member or officer based upon
the individual&#8217;s familial relationship to other board members or officers
or to a donor;

5. Include in the membership of the governing board one or more individuals who
do not share a familial relationship with other board members or officers or
with the donor; or

6. Distribute its funds to or contract with any individual or entity based upon
the demographic characteristics of the employees, officers, directors, trustees,
members, or owners of the individual or entity, or based on populations,
locations, or communities served by the individual or entity, except as a lawful
condition on the expenditure of the funds imposed by the donor.
			As used in this section:
			&#8220;Charitable organization&#8221; means any nonstock corporate or other
entity that has been granted tax-exempt status under &#xA7; 509(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code.
			&#8220;Government agency&#8221; means any authority, board, department,
instrumentality, institution, agency, or other unit of state government and any
county, city, or town.
			Nothing in this section shall prohibit a government agency from obtaining
information from a charitable organization pursuant to a subpoena, civil
investigative demand, or other compulsory process. Nothing in this section shall
alter or limit the filing requirements applicable to charitable organizations
under Chapter 8 (&#xA7; 18.2-325 et seq.) of Title 18.2 or Chapter 5 (&#xA7;
57-48 et seq.) of Title 57.

HISTORY: 2011, c. 873.