11 C.F.R. § 100.57 Funds received in response to solicitations.
Title 11 - Federal Elections
(a) Treatment as contributions. A gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value made by any person in response to any communication is a contribution to the person making the communication if the communication indicates that any portion of the funds received will be used to support or oppose the election of a clearly identified Federal candidate. (b) Certain allocable solicitations. If the costs of a solicitation described in paragraph (a) of this section are allocable under 11 CFR 106.1, 106.6 or 106.7 as a direct cost of fundraising, the funds received in response to the solicitation shall be contributions as follows: (1) If the solicitation does not refer to any clearly identified non-Federal candidates, but does refer to a political party, in addition to the clearly identified Federal candidate described in paragraph (a) of this section, one hundred percent (100%) of the total funds received are contributions. (2) If the solicitation refers to one or more clearly identified non-Federal candidates, in addition to the clearly identified Federal candidate described in paragraph (a) of this section, at least fifty percent (50%) of the total funds received are contributions, whether or not the solicitation refers to a political party. (c) Joint fundraisers. Joint fundraising conducted under 11 CFR 102.17 shall comply with the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section except that joint fundraising between or among authorized committees of Federal candidates and campaign organizations of non-Federal candidates is not subject to paragraph (a) or (b) of this section. [69 FR 68066, Nov. 23, 2004, as amended at 70 FR 75384, Dec. 20, 2005]
Title 11: Federal Elections
PART 100—SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS (2 U.S.C. 431)
Subpart B—Definition of Contribution (2 U.S.C. 431(8))
§ 100.57 Funds received in response to solicitations.
