Private & Unofficial Organizations

Hours of Operation

Monday - Thursday 7:30 am - 4:30 pm
Friday 7:30 am - 12 pm

Private Organizations
vs.
Unofficial Activity Comparison

Private Organization

Private Organizations are self-sustaining special interest groups, set up by people acting exclusively outside the scope of any official capacity or agents of the Federal Government. They operate on Air Force installations with the written consent of the installation commander

Unofficial Activity

Unofficial activities' fundraising efforts are considered "for us, by us" fundraising.

Unofficial Activities are still Federal entities and may not solicit gifts from outside sources or engage in off base fundraising.

Approval Authority to Operate

82 MSG/CC

Unit CC, (file w/82FSS)

Fundraiser Approval Authority

82 FSS/CC

Unit CC - Not base wide.

# of Fundraisers per Quarter?

3 per quarter

Unit CC discretion

Fundraise Off-Base?

Yes

No

Solicit Gifts from Outside Sources

Yes

No, but may accept gifts, 'for us, by us'

Operating Documents

Private Organization

Unofficial Activity

Renew every 2 years

Renew Annually

Renew Annually

Not Required

Update Annually

Update Annually

Update Annually

Not Required

Frequency Determined by Bylaws

Not Required

Provided Annually

Provided Annually

Fundraising/Donation Documents

Private Organization

Unofficial Activity

3 allowed per quarter

Unit Commander approves requests to fundraise within the unit only.
May not fundraise base-wide or off-base.

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