A charity campaign must supply both its own site and an accreditation listing
The requirementstatement
A Charity campaign must supply the charity's own website URL and a listing URL at an accreditation organisation, and both must resolve.
- Severityseverity
- BlockingBLOCKINGBreaking this rule gets the submission rejected. There is no partial credit.
- When it bitesphase
- Gates approvalapprovalGet this wrong and the brand or campaign is refused at registration.
- What is checkedobject
- charity website URL + accreditation listing URL
- Where it liveslayer
- WebsiteWEBSITE
- How Ekas settles itdetectability
- External recordEXTERNAL_DATA
- The fact that settles it lives in a register we cannot query, such as the IRS file, a postal database, or another provider’s tenant. Reported as a warning with the evidence to check, not as a pass.
- What the fix involvesfailureClass
- Supply evidenceTERMINAL_EVIDENCE
- Needs proof only you hold: a screenshot, a recording, a scan of the form people signed.
- Who requires itauthorities
- T-MobileBandwidthInfobip
- When it appliesapplicabilityText
- Applies when the use case is CHARITY.
Why this rule existsrationale
How to fix itremediation
Supply the charity's own website alongside a listing at an accreditation organisation — a GuideStar/Candid profile, a Charity Navigator entry, or the state charity register — and open both links yourself before submitting.
Provider rejection codescodes
The code you get back when this rule is what failed, and whether that provider lets you resubmit.
| Provider | Code | Resubmit |
|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile | 9002 | Yes |
| Bandwidth | TFV 1110 | Yes |
Check this yourselfattestation
No tool can settle this one for you. Here is the check, and what wrong looks like.
Do you have both URLs — the charity's own site and its accreditation listing — and do both open in a private window?
- 1Obtain the listing URL: a GuideStar/Candid profile, a Charity Navigator entry, or the state charity register.
- 2Open both links yourself, logged out, before submitting.
- 3Supply them with the organisation name and EIN.
What wrong looks like: A real charity that never registered with an accreditation body is stopped here. Donation messaging is the most impersonated category there is, so a second, independent source that the charity exists is not negotiable.
Notesnotes
Rules you will hit next
Other website rules at the same severity. A registration is judged as a whole, not rule by rule.
WEB-153 is one of 93 website rules in the 915-rule 10DLC registry. Free to cite under CC BY 4.0.