Nonprofit organizations are required to register with most state governments to conduct fundraising activities.
Until now many small, medium and large size nonprofits felt comfortable in ignoring state fundraising registration requirements.
No longer.
New expectations of transparency and accountability govern your work.
The IRS now requires that organizations list, in their annual 990 tax return, every state in which they are registered to raise funds.
But registration can place a significant administrative burden on the nonprofit.
Each state defines its registration requirements differently from every other state.
There are up to 51 different sets of requirements, each with its own set of required supplemental information and each with its own deadline for filing an annual renewal.
The details of registering every year can be a nightmare.