California — Commercial Fundraiser For Charitable Purposes Bond
California requires commercial fundraisers to register before soliciting and provide $25,000 security with registration and renewal. CT-4CF is the Registry's surety undertaking. Keep that continuing security separate from annual registration, campaign notices and financial reports; one purchase does not file all four.
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- Recorded state
- California
- Bond type
- Charitable Solicitation / Fundraiser Bond
- Category
- Business operations & taxes
What this bond does
Provide accepted commercial fundraiser security under Government Code Section 12599.5 for filing with the Attorney General's Registry of Charities and Fundraisers.
- Who needs it
- The compensated commercial fundraiser soliciting money or property for a charity, including qualifying mail, telephone, internet, event, vehicle-donation or thrift operations. Identify the actual fundraiser rather than using the beneficiary charity as the principal.
- Who it protects
- CT-4CF is bound to California and requires the principal's statutory compliance, payment of covered sums received and damages from unlawful acts or omissions of the principal or its agents/employees within their employment. Its instructions identify protection for persons damaged by covered fundraising malfeasance or misfeasance. The surety's aggregate for all claims cannot exceed $25,000.
Your bond option
This is the option on record for this bond.
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The bond amount describes the limit of the bond obligation, not the price. A listed amount does not establish what the requesting party requires. The premium is what you pay and must be confirmed for the actual option. An E&O limit, where listed, is separate errors and omissions insurance.
Sources
Have these ready
- Identify the actual commercial fundraiser, legal/business names and service address.
- Arrange the accepted $25,000 CT-4CF condition and admitted surety.
- Confirm the surety attorney-in-fact's authority, declaration, dated execution and actual cancellation instructions.
- Prepare CT-1CF registration/renewal with supporting security through the current Registry route.
- Track CT-10CF campaign notice, January 30 financial reporting and the separate written charity contract.
Questions about this bond
Does filing CT-4CF also submit my campaign notice?
No. CT-4CF supplies surety security. CT-10CF is a separate notice for a covered campaign, generally at least ten working days before it begins, with the Registry's stated emergency-hardship/disaster exception.
Must I routinely file the charity contract with the Registry?
The Registry says a copy is not required unless specifically requested. You still need the compliant written contract and must meet its statutory requirements; the bond does not replace that agreement or its controls.
What follows Purchase Now?
Propeller's California Commercial Fundraiser for Charitable Purposes application opens in a new tab. Match the commercial principal, accepted $25,000 CT-4CF condition, effective security and surety execution, then complete Registry registration and related filings. Payment does not approve registration or file notices and reports.