Welcome to Hawaii Charities Online

• Search for
  • Charitable organizations
  • Charitable sales promotions
• Pay
  • Annual filing fees
  • Late payment fees
• Submit
  • An exemption application
  • A charitable sales promotion consent form

Other helpful links:

• Form 990 Online
  • Register a charitable organization
  • File an annual financial report for a registered charitable organization
• Professional Fundraiser Registration System
  • Search for professional fundraisers
  • Register a professional fundraiser
  • Renew an existing registration for a professional fundraiser
  • Manage a professional fundraiser’s registration
  • Submit surety bonds and contracts
  • Submit end of campaign financial reports

Hawaii’s charitable solicitation law requires the following organizations to register with the Attorney General:

• Charitable organizations that solicit contributions in Hawaii, unless the Attorney General has granted the organization an exemption from registration
• Professional fundraisers

• Religious organizations
• Parent teacher associations
• Accredited educational institutions
• Certain alumni associations and educational foundations
• Licensed hospitals
• Charitable organizations that normally receive less than $25,000 in contributions and that do not pay a professional fundraiser

• Professional solicitors are compensated for requesting or soliciting contributions for a charitable organization. This may be done through a variety of means – door to door, direct mail, telemarketing, internet, and otherwise.
• Professional fundraising counsels are fundraising consultants paid by a charitable organization to provide advice and counsel on fundraising activities or to prepare materials relating to fundraising.

A commercial co-venturer (CCV) is a business that partners with a charitable organization to hold a charitable sales promotion in which all or a portion of the proceeds will benefit the charitable organization.