Nonprofit compliance
Registrations, renewals and filings that keep the exemption and the right to solicit.
Exempt status is federal. The right to ask for money is granted state by state, and soliciting in a state where you are not registered is a violation even if the donor came to you.
This tracks charitable solicitation registrations, annual reports, and the filings that maintain exemption.
Where everything sits
How to work this page
Most states require it, and online fundraising reaching residents generally counts as soliciting there.
Registrations renew annually on their own dates, and each state has its own financial reporting requirement attached.
Three consecutive missed annual returns revokes it automatically, and reinstatement is expensive and slow.
Income from activity unrelated to your purpose is taxable and can threaten exemption at scale.
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Questions people actually ask
The trigger is soliciting, not receiving. Rules differ and several states have thresholds. Each state's position is recorded rather than generalised.
The unified registration statement is accepted by many states and reduces the work, though several still require their own form.