The Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations administers the state's charitable solicitation law. For more information on charitable organizations, professional solicitors and fundraising counsels that are currently registered with the Bureau, please use the "Charity Search" feature available on this website.
Information for Charities
Find guides on how to register your charity, documents, and other resources for charities.
Information for Consumers
Learn tips about charitiable giving, your rights as a consumer, and more about protecting yourself.
Charity Resources
Get started with your charity. Find registration forms and documents, guides and reports.
Register or Renew
Renewal dates are based on the organization’s fiscal year end and is listed on the certificate of registration as the Expiration Date & Automatic Extension. Reminders will be emailed when a valid email is on file with the Bureau. If a valid email is not on file, a renewal reminder will be mailed to the current mailing address on file.
Currently the Bureau's online system is accepting the Non-renewal BCO-2 Form, Charity Registration Statment BCO-10 Form, and the Registration Statement Form for the Purely Public Charities (IPP). We continue to work to offer all our forms through our online system. The Bureau is still accepting registrations sent via USPS regular mail (emailed filings are NOT permitted). File online to start the process.
Note: When using our online system, please refrain from using document names with special characters (&+#@, etc.) since our system will not receive them. Make sure you use only alphanumeric names to ensure we receive your documents.
General Information
Requests for extensions of time to file the Charitable Organization Registration Statement BCO-10 registrations are no longer necessary to be filed since the maximum extension of time permitted to file a renewal registration is automatically granted by the Bureau at the time a registration is approved. An extension to the 15th day of the eleventh month after the close of the following fiscal year end is automatically granted. The registration expiration date indicated on the Certificate of Registration includes this automatic extension. This expiration date is the due date for the organization's next renewal registration. This does not apply to Institutions of Purely Public Charity registrations.
Renewal reminders are now being emailed to charitable organizations, professional fundraising counsel and professional solicitors when a valid email is on file with the Bureau. If a valid email is not on file, a renewal reminder will be mailed to the current mailing address on file. The renewal due date is also indicated on the certificate of registration sent to the organization upon the approval of a filing. For charitable organizations, the renewal due date is listed on the certificate as the Expiration Date & Automatic Extension. Charitable organization renewal dates can be found on the "Registration Forms" page and are based on the organizations fiscal year end.
Organizations with questions regarding registration requirements that are not answered through resources available on our website, are encouraged to contact the Bureau. Please see the "Registration Forms" page, as well as the "Resources" page, for more information on filing requirements.