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Michigan — Professional Fund Raiser - Public Safety Organizations Bond

Fundraising for a Michigan police or firefighter organization uses the Public Safety Solicitation Act's registration route, not simply the general charitable-fundraiser application. The first-year bond is $25,000. For renewal, bring the preceding fiscal year's contribution total: the Attorney General's CTS-13 form uses tiers up to $100,000 in required security.

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Recorded state
Michigan
Bond type
Charitable Solicitation / Fundraiser Bond
Category
Business operations & taxes

What this bond does

Provide Attorney General-accepted professional fundraiser security under MCL 14.304 and the Public Safety Solicitation Act, 1992 PA 298.

Who needs it
The professional fundraiser soliciting for a covered public safety organization or official. Register the fundraiser through CTS-13 and keep that filing distinct from the organization's CTS-12 registration.
Who it protects
The statute and public safety model protect Michigan's people, public safety organizations and others with causes of action for covered nonconformance or violation of the Act. The model extends liability to employed professional solicitors' malfeasance or misfeasance and requires a final Attorney General decision or court judgment before reimbursement. It is not a guarantee that a donation reaches a particular fundraising target.

Your bond option

This is the option on record for this bond.

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.

Details for initial and renewal public safety filings

The Attorney General identifies CTS-14 for the first-year $25,000 undertaking, with a surety-signed Power of Attorney. CTS-13 separately asks for the fundraiser's organizing records, fiscal year-end, Michigan contribution total, organization contracts and compensated solicitors or supervisors.

For renewal, CTS-13 lists $25,000 when contributions are $100,000 or less, $50,000 for $100,001–$200,000, $75,000 for $200,001–$300,000 and $100,000 for $300,001 or more. Use the actual preceding fiscal-year total and the accepted renewal sum. The posted CTS-15 model prints $25,000; do not reuse that figure when the contribution tier requires more.

MCL 14.304 ties expiration to six months after the fundraiser's fiscal year closes, with renewal for another year before expiration. Match the actual fiscal period and the Attorney General's requested continuation evidence instead of assuming a calendar-year registration.

The model is continuing from its stated 12:01 a.m. effective date until cancellation. Either principal or surety may cancel with 90 days' written certified-mail notice to the other party and the Charitable Trust Section; release concerns breaches after cancellation takes effect. The surety's aggregate for all decisions or judgments remains limited to the bond sum.

Complete the principal and surety authorized signatures, witness lines and current Power of Attorney. File a business-name change with the Attorney General as the model requires. A complete registration becomes effective on receipt under the statute; an incomplete application and a checkout payment are not substitutes for the required filing.

Sources

Have these ready

  1. Identify the public safety fundraiser applicant and distinguish its filing from the organization's registration.
  2. Gather the fiscal year-end, prior Michigan contribution total and correct initial or renewal sum.
  3. Prepare CTS-13, organizing records, organization/contract lists and solicitor schedule.
  4. Match the complete accepted public safety undertaking, actual dates and continuation evidence.
  5. Arrange authorized signatures, witnesses and the surety's Power of Attorney, then file with the Charitable Trust Section.

Questions about this bond

Is every renewal still $25,000?

No. The current CTS-13 checklist applies contribution tiers up to $100,000 in security. A $25,000 figure printed on a model is not a reason to ignore the renewal tier. Match the actual total, required sum and Attorney General-accepted undertaking.

Does the public safety organization's registration cover its hired fundraiser?

No. The Attorney General lists CTS-12 for the organization and CTS-13 with bonding for the professional fundraiser. Keep the identities, contracts and solicitor schedule attached to the correct filing.

What follows Purchase Now?

Propeller's Michigan Public Safety Organizations fundraiser application opens in a new tab. Match the actual applicant, initial or renewal sum, public safety condition, fiscal period and execution, then complete Attorney General filing. Payment does not register the fundraiser or certify the organization.

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