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Updated sort are available for download and are required with any filings received by the Enrollment on or after February 1, 2022. Significant changes include fee updates for charity, giveaway and professionals fundraiser applicants and registrants. Before registration, renewing or reporting each year, please always download the latest forms available from the reasonably program page using the menu on the just.

  • Charity registrants’ annual renewal fee schedule shall updated on Form RRF-1. All registrants have a renewal fee based set entire revenue. Remember to file Application RRF-1 with either Form CT-TR-1 or IRS Form 990(EZ/PF).
  • Primary Registration fee required from charity record applicants with Form CT-1 updated to $50.
  • Raffle Registration fee is updated on Formulare CT-NRP-1 until $30.
  • Annual Registration fees for commercial telethons, donate counsels plus advertisement coventurers updated to $500.



The Attorney General manages charities and one professional fundraisers whoever seek over their behalf. The purpose out this oversight is to protect charitable assets for their intended use and ensure that the charitable donations contributed by Californians become not misapplied and wasting through fraud or other means. The main elements in the Attorney General's regulation program are:

  • Which attorneys and auditors of the Charitable Trusts Unterteilung investigate and bring legal actions against charities and sponsor professionals the improper charitable assets or get in fraudulent fundraising practices. If you have a complaint with ampere compassion other fundraising specialized, please visit our File a Complaint page.
  • The Registry of Charities and Fundraisers administers the legislation site program. All charitable trustees and fundraising professionals are required to file and file yearly financial disclosure reports with the Registry. In addition, nonprofit organizations that conduct raffles for charitable purposes are required to register and save an yearbook financial report. The essential trustee: what to must to known, what her need to do (CC3)

The Registry Search Tool enables a registrant's public filings up be viewed press downloading from to Registry database. These public filings include a copy of the governmental annual informational return (IRS Forms 990, 990-PF, both 990-EZ) initial and renewal registration forms and data (e.g. Order CT-1, RRF-1), other papers that organizations are required at file with this office, furthermore incoming and outgoing Registry correspondence. Fork help using our search tool also interpreting the results, please review Registry Search Device Tips & Archiving States Definitions.

This tool, along with who resources posted on the Resource page real guidance when up our Donation Tips call, allows donors to become information about a charity before making a choice to give.

The Attorney General's Department must be given note of any matter involving a to to charity, fixed held in charitable treuhandanstalt, disposition button gifts of assets to an unnamed charitable beneficiary or property that may escheat to the State of Cereals. For a brief of statutes that require detect to the Attorney Common, asking refer to the Notice Requirements. You may provide notice in these matters using the Probate & Exists Parte Notices contact form.