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Overview
Charitable GivingCharitable Giving For Donors
Financial and Other Information About Charities
Financial and Other Information About Police and Fire Organizations
Supervision of Charitable Trusts
Consumer Alerts & Advice for Donors
How to Contact Charitable Trust Section

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Highlights & Updates

• Changes to Michigan's Solicitation Law

• Hospital and Charitable Asset Sales

• Giving Wisely - Helping Michigan Citizens Be Savvy Donors (Joint Publication) PDF icon

• Giving Wisely to Charity PDF icon
Text Version

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• Support Disaster Relief - But Avoid Scammers


Procedures and Requirements for Charities and Fundraisers
E-Filing
You can now e-file your IRS return and Michigan forms to the Charitable Trust Section. Click for details.

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Procedures and Requirements
General Administration and Enforcement of Statutes
Charitable Organization Requirements
Professional Fundraiser Requirements
Registering a Charitable Trust
Estates with Charitable Remainders
Charitable Remainder Trusts
Dissolutions, Mergers, Conversions and Withdrawals
Public Safety Organizations and Their Fundraisers

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Resources for Charities
Links to websites to help new and existing charities comply with Federal and State laws/regulations

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Licensed/Registered Organizations

• Search for Charities

• Lists of Charities and their Fundraisers

• Lists of Police and Fire Groups and their Fundraisers

• Summary of Exceptions to the Solicitation Registration Requirement for Charitable Organizations


Laws & Statutes

• Laws and Statutes
Links to select Michigan laws administered or enforced by the Attorney General's Charitable Trust Section

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Tips for Evaluating a Charity

Forms

• How to E-File or Mail Your Forms

• Initial Solicitation Registration Form PDF icon

• Renewal Solicitation Registration PDF icon

• Request for Exemption PDF icon

• Charitable Trust - Registration Statement PDF icon

• Charitable Trust Inventory PDF icon

• Application for License of Professional Fund Raiser PDF icon

• Registration of Professional Solicitor PDF icon

• Campaign Financial Statement PDF icon

• Professional Fund Raiser Contract Summary Sheet PDF icon

• Uniform Professional Fund Raiser Surety Bond PDF icon

• Dissolution Questionnaire PDF icon

• Public Safety Organization Registration Form PDF icon

• Public Safety Professional Fund Raiser Registration Form PDF icon

• Uniform Public Safety Professional Fund Raiser Surety Bond (Initial) PDF icon

• Uniform Public Safety Professional Fund Raiser Surety Bond (Renewal) PDF icon


Articles & Brochures

• 'Tis The Season for Wise Charitable Giving

• A Job Offer Too Good To Be True

• AG Tips for Hiring a Professional Fund Raiser

• Car Donation Programs - Proceed with Caution

• Charities, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

• Charity Board Members -- Their Obligations

• Checking On A Charity -- Did You Receive A Solicitation or an "Education"

• Don't Be Taken In By Disaster Scams - Lessons Learned

• Giving Wisely to Charity (Text Version)

• How & Why The AG Supervises Charitable Trusts

• It's 10 o'clock - Do You Know Where Your Charitable Donation Is?

• Police And Fire Solicitations... What You Should Know

• Remembering Our Veterans - Some Timely Tips for Donors

• Support Disaster Relief - But Avoid Scammers

• Talk Like A Charity, But Do They Walk Like A Charity?


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