Recently a Georgia based nonprofit fundraising in Tennessee was fined $45,000 in civil penalties. The following article from the Tennessee Attorney General, published on December 23, 2014, tells the story: A Civil Penalty Imposed Against Charitable Organization Over Misleading Fundraising A civil penalty of $45,000 has been imposed against NSPIRE Outreach, a Georgia-based organization also

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs have recently been giving charity registration and professional fundraisers a lot of attention. Florida has the dubious honor of being home to 11 of the top 50 WORST charities according to the Center for Investigative Reporting; http://cironline.org/. The new legislation aims to “prevent the misuse of Floridians’

Great news from the great state of Tennessee regarding charity registration!  Effective July 1, 2014 charity registration fees for renewing organizations have been reduced by 20%.  You may recall that TN bases its fees on a nonprofit’s gross revenues and has a sliding fee schedule.  The old fee schedule started at $100 per year and capped

California is in the process of adding teeth and money – $1.4 million special fund – to charity registration enforcement.  According to the Center for Investigative Reporting: State law requires charities that fundraise in the state to register with the attorney general. The Department of Justice estimates that there are 52,000 delinquent charities in California and at

California, here we come…..just a note to folks outside California in the nonprofit world attempting to register in California for charitable solicitation. As many know, CA is facing serious budget shortfalls. This can impact your nonprofit’s ability to get registered to fundraise in CA, especially if you are in a hurry. CA is complicated; do