Alabama Fundraising Licensing

Form U-4: Uniform Application for Securities Industry Registration or Transfer

$60 per agent.

Individual agents who solicit on behalf of an organization should register using form U-4. The issuing organization must also submit form U-2 and various supporting documents.

$60

Annually

• Charities that do not intent to solicit and receive and do not actually receive more than $25,000 in contributions during a fical year and do not use professional fundraisers
• Educational institutions and their authorized and related foundations
• Religious organizations
• Political organizations
• Fraternal, patriotic, benevolent, social, educational, alumni, health care foundation, historical,
  and civil rights organizations, including fraternities and sororities and any auxiliaries
  associated with any such organizations
• Civic leagues and civic organizations which solicit contributions solely from their own
  membership
• Appeals for individuals that raise $10,000 or less
• Any charitable organization receiving an allocation from an incorporated community chest or
  united fund, provided the chest or fund is complying with this section relating to registration and filing of
  annual reports with the Attorney General, the charitable organization does not actually receive, in addition to an allocation,
  contributions in excess of $25,000 during the fiscal year, and all of the fund raising functions of the charitable organization are carried on by
  persons who are not paid for such services
• A local post, camp, chapter, or similarly designated element, or a county unit of such elements
  of a bona fide veterans organization, which issues charters to local elements throughout this
  state, or a bona fide organization of volunteer firefighters, ambulance companies, or rescue
  squads, or a bona fide auxiliary or affiliate of such organizations, provided all of its fund
  raising activities are carried on by members of the organization, family members of the
  members of the organization, volunteers, or an affiliate of the organization and the members
  receive no compensation, directly or indirectly

Online

$0

Exemptions do not expire as long as the organization continues to qualify under the exemption criteria.

Charitable Organization Registration Form

Mail or online.

$25

• Note the list of attachments required.
• The CFO and the president / other authorized officer must sign. The signatures must be notarized.
• Some Alabama counties and municipalities may require charities that solicit in-person to register prior to fundraising.

Charitable Organization Renewal Form

Mail or online.

$25

Renewal is due annually within 90 days after the close or your organization's fiscal year. So if your fiscal year ends December 31, then the report is due March 31. 

• On the state form, check the "update" box
• For most organizations, plan to have your IRS Form 990 available early or filing an extension with the Attorney General.
• The CFO and the president / other authorized officer must sign. The signatures must be notarized.

• The organization must also notify the Attorney General throughout the year within 90 days of any change in the information.

• If you want to discontinue your registration, file Charitable Organization Notice of Non-Renewal.

$0

1-2 business days

Email Emily Nichols at enichols@ago.state.al.us to update fiscal year.