Illinois Administrative Code
Title 14 - COMMERCE
Part 400 - SOLICITATION FOR CHARITY ACT
Section 400.30 - Registration

1) Any charitable organization which solicits in Illinois must first register with the Attorney General unless it is exempt under the provisions of Section 3(b) of the Act.

2) To register, a charitable organization must file a completed registration statement in the forms set forth in Appendix A, Illustrations A and B of this Part, all appropriate attachments, including a schedule of assets and investments, and all required statutory fees. All registrations must be accompanied by a copy of the instrument under which the property is administered (for example, trust documents, articles of incorporation, constitution, by-laws) and a financial statement. If the organization employs a professional fund raiser, a copy of its contract with the professional fund raiser must accompany the registration statement.

3) If the organization has been in operation prior to registering, it must file, in addition to its registration statement, financial statements for each of the past three years and executed copies of annual reports or returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service for each of the past three years, must pay all filing fees and all late fees as provided by Sections 2 and 4 of the Act, and is subject to accounting for all past years of operation prior to registration.

4) When a registration is canceled, to return to compliance, a re-registration must be made. Re-registration requires the submission of all of the above registration documents as applicable, including the re-registration penalty fees as provided by Section 2 of the Act.

5) Registration by an organization under Section 2 of the Act may upon request also satisfy the organization's registration requirements under the Charitable Trust Act [760 ILCS 55/5 ].

6) The Attorney General may by pre-approval accept registration forms used by other states which contain the information required in Appendix A, Illustration A.

1) No professional fund raiser may be employed by a charitable organization in Illinois without prior registration with the Attorney General.

2) To register, a professional fund raiser must file a completed registration statement in the forms set forth in Appendix B, Illustrations A and B of this Part, all required statutory fees, copies of all Illinois charitable fundraising contracts and a professional fund raiser's bond when a bond is required, as described in subsection (b)(3).

3) If the applicant is a professional fund raiser that will control or possess charitable funds, a bond in the amount of $10,000, expiring upon the next June 30, issued with the professional fund raiser as a principal and a corporate surety licensed to do business in Illinois as surety, must accompany the registration. The bond must be in the form provided by the Bureau as set forth in Appendix B, Illustration C of this Part.

1) No professional solicitor may solicit in Illinois without prior registration with the Attorney General. No person may register as a professional solicitor unless he is employed by a registered professional fund raiser.

2) To register, a professional solicitor must file a completed registration statement in the form set forth in Appendix C, Illustration A of this Part.

1) No person or entity may act as a professional fundraising consultant without prior registration with the Attorney General.

2) To register, a professional fundraising consultant must file a completed registration statement in the form set forth in Appendix D, Illustration A of this Part, copies of all Illinois charitable fundraising consultant contracts and an affidavit stating that the professional fundraising consultant has not or will not at any time have custody or control of contributions.