An eligible organization is
one of the following types of entities:
1. Charitable Organization:
a not-for-profit group or body of persons which is created and exists for
the purpose of performing a humane service; promoting the good and
welfare of the aged, poor, infirm or distressed; combating juvenile
delinquency; or advancing the spiritual, mental, social and physical
improvement of young men and women. (Includes YMCAs and YWCAs.)
2. Religious Organization:
a
not-for-profit group or body of persons which is created and exists for
the predominant purpose of regularly holding or conducting religious
activities or religious education, without pecuniary benefit to any
officer, member or shareholder except as reasonable compensation for
actual services rendered to the organization
3. Fraternal Organization:
a
nonprofit organization within this Commonwealth which is created and
carried on for the mutual benefit of its members, has a limited
membership and representative form of government and is a branch, lodge
or chapter of a national or state organization.
4. Veterans
Organization: any congressionally chartered organization within
this Commonwealth, or any branch or lodge or chapter of a nonprofit
national or State organization within this Commonwealth, the membership
of which consists of individuals who were members of the armed services
or armed forces of the Untied States. The term shall also include home
associations.
5. Club: a club, as defined in
Pennsylvania’s Liquor Code (47 P.S. §1-102), that qualifies as an exempt
organization under section 501(c) or 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954 (68A Stat. 3, 26 U.S.C. §501(c) or 527, and is licensed to sell
liquor at retail and has a charitable, religious or civic purpose or is
organized to benefit a political party.
6. Civic and Service
Organization: Any Statewide or branch, lodge or chapter of a nonprofit
national or State organization which is authorized by its written
constitution, charter, articles of incorporation or bylaws to engage in a
civic or service purpose within this Commonwealth, which shall have
existed in this Commonwealth for one year. The term also means a similar
local nonprofit organization, not affiliated with a national or State
organization, which is recognized by a resolution adopted by the
governing body of the municipality in which the organization conducts its
principal activities. The term shall include:
a. bona fide sportsmen’s
and wildlife associations, federations or clubs (statewide or local in
nature),
b. volunteer fire companies,
c. volunteer rescue
squads,
d. volunteer ambulance
associations,
e. bona fide senior citizens
organizations,
f. nonprofit
organizations which are established to promote and encourage
participation and support for extracurricular activities within the
established primary and secondary public, private and parochial school
systems.
Such organizations must be
recognized by a resolution adopted by the appropriate governing body (for
example, the school board of the school district, the board of trustees
of the private school, or the Archdiocese of the parochial school.
Any entity listed above must
be in existence and fulfilling its purpose for one (1) year prior to the
date of its application for a small games of chance license.
Auxiliary Groups
An auxiliary group within an
eligible organization may conduct small games of chance using the license
of the eligible organization so long as the auxiliary group is listed on
the eligible organization’s license application. The licensing authority
may not charge an additional fee for such use.
The term auxiliary group shall
not include branches, lodges or chapters of a Statewide organization.
