31 CFR § 544.408 - Charitable contributions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s544.408"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 544.408 - Charitable contributions."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "544.408"
section_name: "Charitable contributions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "544"
part_name: "WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATORS SANCTIONS REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "3 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601 1701 Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13094, 63 FR 40803, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 200; E.O. 13382, 70 FR 38567, 3 CFR, 2005 Comp., p. 170."
regulatory_source: "74 FR 16773, Apr. 13, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "544"
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# 544.408 Charitable contributions.
Unless specifically authorized by the Office of Foreign Assets Control pursuant to this part, no charitable contribution of funds, goods, services, or technology, including contributions to relieve human suffering, such as food, clothing, or medicine, may be made by, to, or for the benefit of a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 544.201(a). For the purposes of this part, a contribution is made by, to, or for the benefit of a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 544.201(a) if made by, to, or in the name of such a person; if made by, to, or in the name of an entity or individual acting for or on behalf of, or owned or controlled by, such a person; or if made in an attempt to violate, to evade, or to avoid the bar on the provision of contributions by, to, or for the benefit of such a person.