Welcome to Hawaii Charities Online
- Search for
- Charitable organizations
- Charitable sales promotions
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Pay
- Annual filing fees
- Late payment fees
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Submit
- An exemption application
- A charitable sales promotion consent form
Other helpful links:
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Form 990 Online
- Register a charitable organization
- File an annual financial report for a registered charitable organization
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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.