I hope this blog finds you, your family, and co-workers navigating the challenges and disruptions created by the COVID-19 virus as we all practice social distancing and, in many cases, shelter or work from home. This week’s news has been full of our U.S. government’s responses to the economic chaos created by the virus. I
NEW CA CHARITY REGISTRATION FORMS FEBRUARY 1, 2020 The new CA charity registration forms are available now and mandatory starting February 1, 2020. Visit https://oag.ca.gov/charities/initial-reg to access the new forms. The new CA forms include the CT-1 Initial Registration, RRF-1 Annual Registration Renewal, and CT-TR-1 Annual Treasurer’s Report. The CT-TR-1 is filed with the RRF-1
State Regulation Enforcement State regulation and enforcement in the charitable sector is the subject of a research report recently completed by the Charities Regulation and Oversight Project at Columbia Law School and the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute. This study is the first analysis of state-level oversight and regulation of nonprofits
Its back! The much-hoped for, but difficult to achieve, initiative to develop on online system that allows nonprofits and professional fundraisers to comply with all states registration and annual filing requirements through a single portal has resurfaced.
Last month the National Association of State Charities Officials (NASCO) and the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), in cooperation with The Multistate Registration and Filing Portal, Inc. (a Delaware nonprofit corporation), posted a Request for Information to invite input and proposals for development of this “one-stop” portal. See mrfpinc.org.
The goal is to create a portal that will maximize efficiency, data transparency, and information sharing by enabling compliance with registration requirement for all participating states without duplication of data entry. It will also make the collected data available to the public in a searchable and interactive format. State filing fees will be collected and disbursed to states through the Single Portal.