Details for fundraiser registration and September 30

Register the actual professional fundraiser before beginning work and keep its registration current. A bona fide charity officer or employee is treated differently under the definition unless compensation is based on funds raised or to be raised. Identify the actual business and compensation arrangement rather than using a beneficiary charity as principal.

File the accepted $10,000 undertaking with the application for Attorney General approval. The posted legacy combined form names principal and surety with their addresses, the bond number, actual beginning/end dates, dated signatures and surety seal. Coordinate those dates with the registration being filed and use the Attorney General's current document and execution directions.

Registration lasts a year or part of one and expires September 30. Renewal requires the prescribed application and security. A late-year purchase does not create twelve months of authority or continue an expired registration.

The Attorney General now provides a Professional Fundraiser online application and an account route for demographic updates, annual renewals and charitable agreements. The paper registration and combined undertaking remain labelled legacy documents. Use the fundraiser route, not the co-venturer or individual solicitor application merely because those appear on the same page.

The charity contract must be written and filed within ten days after execution. No services may be performed under it until fifteen days after filing. File the closing statement within ninety days after termination, and retain accurate activity records for at least two years after the related registration period ends. These duties remain separate from buying the security.