Recently in an effort to be up to the moment…or at any rate not too far behind… NTAP added a "Donate Now" button to the website. Naturally we expected the funds to come rolling in.

Instead, a friend in the community asked how we complied with the multistate fundraising solicitation requirements. Our snappy comeback was – "ooops."

So we have pulled the button off the site to further investigate the situation. Apparently, Network for Good will take care of the state by state registration so we are checking it out.

You would think as a long time director I would have thought of the nonprofit registration issue across states – particularly because I've been dealing with making sure our payroll, unemployment and worker comp registrations were in proper order - but it completely escaped my attention. Please take our misstep here as a heads up for your website that might be soliciting donations, whether via "donate now" or any other means on a website that is broadcast across the country.

If some national fundraisers out there could weigh in on this issue that would be helpful. I'll update this as we learn more.

On a final note – just in case the IRS, the various state AG's , the FBI and/or the Mickey Mouse Club is paying attention we did not receive any donations from the short lived effort.