Nonprofit Fundraising Registration: The 50 State Guide

Raise money for your nonprofit without violating state and federal laws!

Your nonprofit needs financial support, which means that you're most likely dependent on the kindness of donors to fill your coffers. If your nonprofit solicits funds from donors, it's essential to file state charitable solicitation registration filings and to properly disclose these filings on IRS Form 990 so that your organization remains compliant.  Regardless of the method or origin of solicitation (by phone, letter, email, on the web, grant requests, or in any other manner), most states require registration if you are soliciting charitable donations from its residents.
 
Nonprofit Fundraising Registration is your 50-state guide to the complex and varied registration requirements you'll need to meet while fundraising for your nonprofit. Simplify the process of keeping your 501(c)(3) nonprofit in compliance when you're collecting cash by utilizing this user-friendly guide to learn about:
 
. initial and annual filing requirements in all states
. Internet fundraising rules
. strategies to reduce the number of registrations
. exemptions from registration
. other crucial information your organization needs to legally fundraise outside of your home state
 
You can't afford to overlook registration requirements — use Nonprofit Fundraising Registration, your plain-English guide, to keep your nonprofit compliant in the eyes of the IRS and state charity officials. Plus, get the background information you need and get a line-by-line tutorial for the Unified Registration Statement, contact information for each state, and instructions on filing requirements for each state.
 

Stephen Fishman is the author of many Nolo books, including Tax Deductions for Professionals, Deduct It! Lower Your Small Business Taxes, Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide and Home Business Tax Deductions — plus many other legal and business books. He received his law degree from the University of Southern California. After time in government and private practice, he became a full-time legal writer.

Ronald J. Barrett is the Vice President of Nonprofit Services at National Corporate Research, Ltd., where he developed and continually fine tunes a comprehensive suite of services for nonprofits, including charitable registration, corporate compliance and management of sales tax exemptions. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience working with nonprofits, state charities regulators and state sales tax exemption filing offices. He has authored numerous articles and presents public and in-house CLE seminars on state charitable registration requirements around the country.