Attorney General: Charities Authorities

This page was last fact-checked January 8, 2014

In many states, charities must register before they are permitted to solicit state residents for donations. This directory will help you quickly find the charitable division, bureau, or other filing authority in your state. If you need help filing your registration or renewal, we are happy to help.

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State	Charitable Registration Authority
Alabama	Alabama Attorney General - Consumer Interest Division P.O. Box 300152, Montgomery, AL 36130 1-800-392-5658 or 334-242-7335 Fax: 334-242-2433 http://www.ago.state.al.us/
Alaska	Alaska Department of Law - Consumer Protection Unit 1031 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 200, Anchorage, AK 99501 907-269-5200 or 888-576-2529 http://www.law.state.ak.us/department/civil/consumer/cpindex.html LawCharities@alaska.gov
Arizona	Arizona Secretary of State - Business Services 1700 W. Washington Street, Fl. 7, Phoenix, AZ 85007-2808 Charities: 602-542-6187 Fax: 602-542-4366 http://www.azsos.gov/business_services/filings.htm
Arkansas	Arkansas Secretary of State - Business and Commercial Services Division (BCS) 1401 W. Capitol Avenue Ste 250, Little Rock, AR 72201 501-682-3409 or 888-233-0325 http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/BCS/Pages/default.aspx corprequest@sos.arkansas.gov
California	California Attorney General - Registry of Charitable Trusts Attn: Registry of Charitable Trusts, P.O. Box 903447, Sacramento, CA 94203-4470 (916) 210-6400 http://oag.ca.gov/charities
Colorado	Colorado Secretary of State 303-894-2200 and press 2 Fax: Business Organizations: 303-869-4864 Charities Re http://www.sos.state.co.us/ Business Organizations: business@sos.state.co.us
Connecticut	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection 860-713-6100 / Toll-Free: 800-842-2649 http://ct.gov/dcp/cwp/view.asp?a=1654&q=459952
Delaware	Delaware Division of Revenue (Charities info) 820 N. French Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 302.577.8205 http://revenue.delaware.gov/services/Business_Tax/Fund.shtml
District of Columbia	District of Columbia, Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) 1100 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024 (202) 442-4400 or (202) 123-4567 TTY Fax: (202) 442-9445 http://dcra.dc.gov/service/get-charitable-solicitation-license dcra@dc.gov
Florida	Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Division of Consumer Services Division of Consumer Services, P.O. Box 6700, Tallahassee, FL 32399-6700 1-800-435-7352 or 1-800-352-9832 en Espanol http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Consumer-Services
Georgia	Georgia Professional Licensing Boards and Securities Division 237 Coliseum Drive, Macon, GA 31217 (478) 207-2440 http://sos.ga.gov/index.php/securities/charitable_organization_and_paid_solicitor_forms
Hawaii	Hawaii Tax and Charities Division 808-586-1480 Fax: 808-586-8116 http://ag.hawaii.gov/tax/ marlene.baba@hawaii.gov
Idaho	Idaho Charities
Illinois	Illinois Attorney General - Charitable Trust Bureau 312-814-2595 http://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/charities/register_report.html
Indiana	Indiana Attorney General - Consumer Protection Division 317-232-6330 or 1-800-382-5516 http://www.indianaconsumer.com/consumer_guide/charitable_info.asp
Iowa	Iowa Attorney General - Consumer Protection Division 515-281-5926 or 1-888-777-4590 Fax: 515-281-6771 http://www.state.ia.us/government/ag/consumer/online_regis.html consumer@ag.state.ia.us
Kansas	Kansas Secretary of State - Charities Memorial Hall, 1st Floor, 120 SW 10th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66612 (785) 296-4564 or 1-800-766-3777 (TTY/TTD) Fax: (785) 296-4570 https://www.kssos.org/business/business_charitable.html kssos@sos.ks.gov
Kentucky	Kentucky Attorney General - Charities 700 Capitol Avenue, Suite 118, Frankfort, KY 40601 502-696-5300 https://ag.ky.gov/consumer-protection/charity/Pages/default.aspx kssos@sos.ks.gov
Louisiana	Louisiana Department of Justice - Public Protection Division - Charities 1885 N. 3rd Street, 4th Floor, Baton Rouge, LA 70802 225-326-6400 Fax: 225-326-6499 http://www.ag.state.la.us/Article.aspx?articleID=291&catID=0 kssos@sos.ks.gov
Maine	Maine Office of Professional and Occupation Regulation 207-624-8603 http://www.maine.gov/pfr/professionallicensing/professions/charitable/organization.htm
Maryland	Maryland Secretary of State - Charitable Organizations Division 16 Francis Street, Annapolis, MD 21401 410-974-5534 or 800-825-4510 Fax: 410-974-5190 http://www.sos.maryland.gov/Charity/Pages/default.aspx ksmith@sos.state.md.us
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Attorney General - Non-Profit Organizations/Public Charities Division One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 2108 (617) 727-2200, ext. 2101 http://www.sos.state.md.us/Charity/RegisterCharity.aspx
Michigan	Michigan Attorney General - Charitable Trust Section P.O. Box 30214, Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 373-1152 Fax: (517) 241-7074 https://www.michigan.gov/ag/0,4534,7-359-82915_82919_80762---,00.html miag@michigan.gov
Minnesota	Minnesota Attorney General - Charities 1400 Bremer Tower, 445 Minnesota Street, St. Paul, MN 55101 (651) 296-3353 or (800) 657-3787 http://www.ag.state.mn.us/Charity/Charities.asp
Mississippi	Mississippi Secretary of State - Charities Division 125 S. Congress Street, Jackson, MS 39205 601-359-1599 Fax: 601-359-1499 http://www.sos.ms.gov/Charities/Pages/default.aspx
Missouri	Missouri Attorney General - Charities PO Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102 573-751-3321 http://ago.mo.gov/checkacharity/charityregistration.htm
Montana	Montana Attorney General - Charities 555 Fuller Avenue, P.O. Box 200151, Helena, MT 59620 1-800-481-6896 https://dojmt.gov/consumer/for-nonprofits-2/
Nebraska	Nebraska Secretary of State - Charities P.O. Box 94608, Lincoln, NE 68509 (402) 471-8606 Fax: (402) 471-2530 http://www.sos.ne.gov/licensing/charitable_sol.html sos.licensing@nebraska.gov
Nevada	Nevada Secretary of State 775-684-5708 https://www.nvsilverflume.gov/home support@nvsilverflume.gov
New Hampshire	New Hampshire Department of Justice- Charitable Trusts Unit (603) 271-3591 http://doj.nh.gov/charitable-trusts/index.htm charitabletrusts2@doj.nh.gov
New Jersey	New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs - Charities Registration Section P.O. Box 45021, Newark, NJ 07101 (973) 504-6200 Fax: (973) 273-8035 http://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/charities/Pages/default.aspx askconsumeraffairs@dca.lps.state.nj.us
New Mexico	New Mexico Attorney General - Charities Unit P.O. Drawer 1508, Santa Fe, NM 87504-1508 505-827-6000 Fax: 505-827-5826 http://www.nmag.gov/the_office/Communications-Division/consumer-protection/charities Charity.Registrar@nmag.gov
New York	New York Attorney General - Charities Bureau 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271 212-416-8401 http://www.charitiesnys.com/ charities.bureau@ag.ny.gov or charities.fundraisin
North Carolina	North Carolina Secretary of State - Charitable Solicitation Licensing Division PO Box 29622, Raleigh, NC 27626 (919) 814-5400 Fax: (919) 807-2220 https://www.sosnc.gov/csl/ csl@sosnc.gov
North Dakota	North Dakota Secretary of State 600 E. Boulevard Ave. Dept. 108, 1st Floor, Bismarck, ND 58505 701-328-2900 Toll Free: 800-352-0867 TTY: 800-366-6888 Fax: 701-328-0106 http://www.nd.gov/sos/ sosbir@nd.gov
Ohio	Ohio Attorney General (614) 466-4986 http://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Home
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Secretary of State - Charitable Organizations Section (405) 521-3912 Fax: (405) 521-3771 https://www.sos.ok.gov/charity/Default.aspx
Oregon	Oregon Department of Justice - Charitable Activities Section 100 SW Market Street, Portland, OR 97201 (971) 673-1880 Fax: (971) 673-1882 http://www.doj.state.or.us/charigroup/pages/index.aspx charitable.activities@doj.state.or.us
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania Department of State - Bureau of Charitable Organizations 207 N. Office Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120 (717)783-1720 or (800)732-0999 Fax: (717)783-6014 http://www.dos.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/bureau_of_charitable_organizations/12444 ST-CHARITY@pa.gov
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation 401-462-9500 Fax: 401-462-9532 http://www.dbr.state.ri.us/
South Carolina	South Carolina Secretary of State - Division of Public Charities (803) 734-1790
South Dakota	South Dakota Office of the Attorney General - Division of Consumer Protection (605) 773-4400 Fax: (605) 773-7163 http://consumer.sd.gov/ consumerhelp@state.sd.us
Tennessee	Tennessee Secretary of State - Division of Charitable Solicitations and Gaming 615-741-2555 http://sos.tn.gov/charitable charitable.solicitations@tn.gov
Texas	Texas Attorney General - Consumer Protection Division P.O. Box 12548, Austin, TX 78711-2548 800-621-0508 https://www.oag.state.tx.us/consumer/nonprofits.shtml
Utah	Utah Department of Commerce - Division of Consumer Protection 160 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 801-530-6601 or 1-800-721-SAFE Fax: 801-530-6001 http://consumerprotection.utah.gov/ consumerprotection@utah.gov
Vermont	Vermont Office of the Attorney General Vermont Attorney General's Office, 109 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05609 802 828-3171 Fax: 802-304-1014 http://ago.vermont.gov/ ago.info@vermont.gov
Virginia	Virginia Office of Charitable and Regulatory Programs (OCRP) P.O. Box 526, Richmond, VA 23218 804-786-1343 Fax: 804-225-2666 http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/consumer/index.shtml
Washington	Washington Secretary of State - Charities Program PO Box 40234, Olympia, WA 98504-0234 360-725-0378 or 800-332-GIVE (Washington only) http://www.sos.wa.gov/charities/default.aspx charities@sos.wa.gov
West Virginia	West Virginia Secretary of State - Charitable Organizations Division (304) 558-8000 Fax: (304) 558-0900 http://www.sos.wv.gov/business-licensing/charities/Pages/default.aspx
Wisconsin	Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions - Division of Banking PO Box 7876, Madison, WI 53707 (608) 267-1711 http://www.wdfi.org/CharitableOrganizations/default.htm

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