§ 12-06 Combined Municipal Campaign; Structure and Operations.
RCNY § 12-06
(a)For the purposes of conducting a joint annual solicitation campaign and sharing in the contributions of municipal employees obtained therefrom, the coordinating agency shall contract with all other organizations approved pursuant to 55 RCNY §§ 12-07 and 12-08 to form a Combined Municipal Campaign.
(b)Such contract shall be subject to approval by the Commissioner of Citywide Administrative Services and shall: (1) identify each charitable non-profit organization participating with the coordinating agency by corporate or business name and address, and name its authorized representative; (2) provide an annual budget of the campaign and specify the allocation among the coordinating agency and participating organizations of administrative expenses including publicity, central receipt, accounting and distribution of contributions, and loss of anticipated income to the campaign due to withdrawal of consent to contribution, termination of employment, or other discontinuation of payroll deduction; (3) state the method of calculation of the share of total contributions to be received respectively by the coordinating agency and each participating organization, and the manner of payment to them; (4) inform participants that the administrative expenses of the campaign shall be divided equally among each participating agency; for this purpose each participating constituent member of a federation of charitable non-profit organizations shall be counted as a separate participating agency.
(5)Contain such other terms and conditions as may be required by the Commissioner.
(c)The coordinating agency shall be the recipient in the first instance of all contributions made by employees to the campaign, including both contributions collected through payroll deductions and those made by check. The coordinating agency shall act in a fiduciary capacity with respect to its receipt and distribution of the contributions in accordance with the terms of the Combined Municipal Campaign contract.
(d)The annual solicitation campaign shall be conducted at such times and pursuant to such procedures as shall be approved by the Commissioner.
(e)The coordinating agency shall submit a report to the Commissioner at the end of each calendar year and at such other times as the Commissioner may request, stating the total amount of contributions collected through the Combined Municipal Campaign, the amount received by each participating agency, and such other information as the Director may request.
