                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGISTRATION OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS; PROHIBITION AGAINST SUPPORT OF
TERRORISTS (§ 57-49)

A. Every charitable organization, except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
which intends to solicit contributions within the Commonwealth, or have funds
solicited on its behalf, shall, prior to any solicitation, file an initial
registration statement with the Commissioner upon forms acceptable to him. Each
registration statement shall thereafter be refiled on or before the fifteenth
day of the fifth calendar month of the next and each following fiscal year in
which such charitable organization is engaged in solicitation activities within
the Commonwealth. It shall be the duty of the president, chairman or principal
officer of such charitable organization to file the statements required under
this chapter. A charitable organization&#8217;s registration statement may
alternatively be filed online on a website approved by the Commissioner. Such
statement shall contain the following information:

   1. The name of the organization and the purpose for which it was organized.

   2. The principal address of the organization, the address of any offices in
   the Commonwealth and its designated agent for process within the Commonwealth.
   If no such agent is designated, the organization shall be deemed to have
   designated the Secretary of the Commonwealth. If the organization does not
   maintain an office, the name and address of the person having custody of its
   financial records.

   3. The names and addresses of any chapters, branches or affiliates in the
   Commonwealth.

   4. The place where and the date when the organization was legally established,
   the form of its organization, and a reference to any determination of its
   tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code.

   5. The names and addresses of the officers, directors, trustees and the
   principal salaried executive staff officer.

   6. A copy of a balance sheet and income and expense statement, with the
   opinion of any independent public accountant, for the organization&#8217;s
   immediately preceding fiscal year; a copy of a financial statement certified
   by an independent public accountant covering, in a consolidated report,
   complete information as to all the preceding year&#8217;s fund-raising
   activities of the charitable organization, showing kind and amount of funds
   raised, fund-raising expenses and allocation of disbursement of funds raised;
   or a copy of Internal Revenue Service Form 990. The report required by this
   subdivision shall comply with the accounting standards prescribed pursuant to
   &#xA7; 57-53. Any organization whose annual gross revenue qualifies such
   organization to file Form 990-N (also referred to as the e-Postcard) with the
   Internal Revenue Service may submit a balance sheet and income and expense
   statement verified under oath or affirmation by the treasurer of the
   organization.

   7. A statement indicating the amount of funds expended during the preceding
   fiscal year to pay for the administrative expenses of the charitable
   organization and a computation of such expenses as a percentage of the total
   expenses of the charitable organization.

   8. A statement indicating the amount of funds expended during the preceding
   fiscal year that was dedicated to providing charitable services and a
   computation of such expenses as a percentage of the total expenses of the
   charitable organization.

   9. A statement showing the computation of the percentages provided for in
   &#xA7; 57-58.

   10. A statement indicating whether the organization intends to solicit
   contributions from the public directly or have such done on its behalf by
   others.

   11. A statement indicating whether the organization is authorized by any other
   governmental authority to solicit contributions and whether it, or any
   officer, professional fund-raiser or professional solicitor thereof, is or has
   ever been enjoined by any court or otherwise prohibited from soliciting
   contributions in any jurisdiction.

   12. The general purpose or purposes for which the contributions to be
   solicited shall be used.

   13. The name or names under which it intends to solicit contributions.

   14. The names of the individuals or officers of the organization who will have
   final responsibility for the custody of the contributions.

   15. The names of the individuals or officers of the organization responsible
   for the final distribution of the contributions.

   16. A statement indicating whether the organization, or any officer,
   professional fund-raiser or professional solicitor thereof, has ever been
   convicted of a felony and, if so, a description of the pertinent facts.

   17. A copy of the current articles of incorporation, bylaws, or other
   governing documents. If current copies are already on file with the
   Commissioner, only amendments, if any, shall be filed in years after the
   initial registration.

   18. A description of the types of solicitation to be undertaken.

A1. Every registration statement shall include the following language:
			&#8220;No funds have been or will knowingly be used, directly or indirectly,
to benefit or provide support, in cash or in kind, to terrorists, terrorist
organizations, terrorist activities, or the family members of any
terrorist.&#8221;

A2. No person shall be registered by the Commonwealth or by any locality to
solicit funds that are intended to benefit or support terrorists, terrorist
organizations or terrorist activities. No person shall be registered by the
Commonwealth or by any locality to solicit funds that are intended to benefit or
support a family member of any terrorist, unless a court of competent
jurisdiction within the Commonwealth, upon petition of an interested person,
finds by clear and convincing evidence that, for a period of at least three
years next preceding any act of terrorism committed by such terrorist or
terrorist organization, the family members to whom the benefit of the
contributions shall inure have been living separate and apart from the terrorist
or terrorist organization, and the family members have not provided any
financial support, in cash or in kind, to the terrorist or terrorist
organization for the same period of time.

B. Each chapter, branch or affiliate, except an independent member agency of a
federated fund-raising organization, shall separately report the information
required by this section or report the information to its parent organization
which shall then furnish such information as to itself and all of its state
affiliates, chapters and branches in a consolidated form. All affiliated
organizations included in a consolidated registration statement shall be
considered as one charitable organization for all purposes of this chapter. If a
consolidated registration statement is filed, all statements thereafter filed
shall be upon the same basis unless permission to change is granted by the
Commissioner.

C. Each federated fund-raising organization shall report the information
required by this section in a consolidated form. Any federated fund-raising
organization may elect to exclude from its consolidated report information
relating to the separate fund-raising activities of all of its independent
member agencies. No member agency of a federated fund-raising organization shall
be required to report separately any information contained in such a
consolidated report. Any separate solicitations campaign conducted by, or on
behalf of, any such member agency shall nevertheless be subject to all other
provisions of this chapter.

D. The registration forms shall be signed by the chief fiscal officer and by
another authorized officer of the charitable organization. If the registration
forms are filed online using a website approved by the Commissioner, the
charitable organization shall follow the procedures on that website for signing
the forms.

E. Every charitable organization which submits an independent registration to
the Commissioner shall pay an annual registration fee of (i) $30 if its gross
contributions for the preceding year do not exceed $25,000; (ii) $50 if its
gross contributions exceed $25,000 but do not exceed $50,000; (iii) $100 if its
gross contributions exceed $50,000 but do not exceed $100,000; (iv) $200 if its
gross contributions exceed $100,000 but do not exceed $500,000; (v) $250 if its
gross contributions exceed $500,000 but do not exceed $1 million; and (vi) $325
if its gross contributions exceed $1 million. A parent organization filing on
behalf of one or more chapters, branches or affiliates or a federated
fund-raising organization filing on behalf of its member agencies shall pay a
single annual registration fee for itself and such chapters, branches,
affiliates or member agencies included in the registration statement.
Organizations with no prior financial history filing an initial registration
shall be required to pay an initial fee of $100. Organizations with prior
financial history filing an initial registration shall be required to pay an
initial fee of $100 in addition to the annual registration fee. Any organization
which allows its registration to lapse, without requesting an extension of time
to file, shall be required to resubmit an initial registration. An extension may
be granted upon receipt of a written request.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 574; 1975, c. 221; 1979, c. 595; 1984, c. 268; 1986, c. 31;
1987, c. 561; 1988, c. 322; 1990, c. 711; 1993, cc. 577, 583; 1995, cc. 170,
205; 2003, cc. 576, 977, 1009; 2005, c. 329; 2012, c. 313; 2017, c. 763; 2018,
c. 268.