New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 48 - CHARITABLE FUND RAISING
Subchapter 2 - FEES
Section 13:48-2.1 - Fee schedule
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:48-2.1
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The following fees shall be charged by the Division for registration of charitable organizations (which includes for purposes of this subchapter, federated fund raising organizations), fund raising counsel, independent paid fund raisers and solicitors, and for filing of contracts and other documents:
1. A charitable
organization, that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act, but
pursuant to 13:48-3.3(a)7 elects
to register by filing a short form registration statement shall pay an annual
registration fee of $ 30.00. A late fee of $ 25.00 shall be incurred by any
organization that elects to file a registration statement but fails to submit the
complete annual registration filing within 30 days of the annual filing
deadline.
2. A charitable organization
that is required under the Act to file a short form registration statement shall pay
an annual registration fee of $ 30.00 with the annual filing, unless a filing
extension was granted pursuant to
13:48-3.4. A late fee of $ 25.00 shall
be incurred by any organization that fails to submit a complete annual registration
filing along with the applicable annual registration fee within 30 days of the
annual filing deadline.
3. A charitable
organization that is required under the Act to file a long form registration
statement and received gross contributions of not more than $ 100,000 during the
most recently filed fiscal year of the organization, shall pay an annual
registration fee of $ 60.00 with the annual filing unless a filing extension was
granted pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:48-3.4. A late fee of $ 25.00 shall be incurred by
any organization that fails to submit a complete annual registration filing along
with the applicable annual registration fee within 30 days of the annual filing
deadline.
4. A charitable organization
that is required under the Act to file a long form registration statement and
received gross contributions of more than $ 100,000 but not more than $ 500,000
during the most recently filed fiscal year of the organization shall pay an annual
registration fee of $ 150.00 with the annual filing unless a filing extension was
granted pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:48-3.4. A late fee of $ 25.00 shall be incurred by
any organization that fails to submit a complete annual registration filing along
with the applicable annual registration fee within 30 days of the annual filing
deadline.
5. A charitable organization
that is required under the Act to file a long form registration statement and
received gross contributions of more than $ 500,000 during the most recently filed
fiscal year of the organization, shall pay an annual registration fee of $ 250.00
with the annual filing unless a filing extension was granted pursuant to N.J.A.C.
13:48-3.4. A late fee of $ 25.00 shall be incurred by any organization that fails to
submit a complete annual registration filing along with the applicable annual
registration fee within 30 days of the annual filing deadline.
6. A parent organization that registers local
units in accordance with the Act shall pay its own fee and an additional fee of $
10.00 for each local unit.
7. All fund
raising counsel and independent paid fund raisers shall pay an annual registration
fee of $ 250.00, payable upon initial registration and on July 1 of each renewal
year thereafter. A partnership or corporation that offers either fund raising
counsel or independent paid fund raiser services, or both types of services, shall
pay a single annual registration fee, payable upon initial registration and on July
1 of each renewal year thereafter. Any fund raising counsel or independent paid fund
raiser that fails to submit a complete annual registration filing along with the
applicable annual registration fee within 30 days of July 1 shall pay a late fee of
$ 25.00.
8. In addition to the
registration fee paid by independent paid fund raisers under (a)7 above, an
independent paid fund raiser shall pay a registration fee of $ 15.00 for each
solicitor it registers pursuant to
13:48-8.1 upon initial registration and
on July 1 of each renewal year thereafter. Upon renewal of registration, failure to
submit a complete annual registration filing along with the applicable fee within 30
calendar days of July 1 shall result in a late fee of $ 25.00.
9. The fee for filing a contract, or for the
renewal or the extension thereof, defined for purposes of this subsection as any
written agreement between a charitable organization and a fund raising counsel,
independent paid fund raiser or commercial co-venturer, shall be $ 30.00 and shall
be paid at least 10 days prior to commencement of any solicitation activity in the
State set forth in that contract.
10.
The fee for filing a contract, or for the renewal or the extension thereof, defined
for purposes of this paragraph as any written agreement between fund raising counsel
or independent paid fund raiser and any other fund raising counsel or independent
paid fund raiser shall be $ 30.00 and shall be paid at least 10 days prior to the
commencement of any solicitation activity in the State as set forth in that
contract.
11. The fee for filing a final
report, required to be filed by the charitable organization under N.J.S.A.
45:17A-29b at the conclusion of a charitable sales promotion conducted by a
commercial co-venturer on behalf of a charitable organization, shall be $
10.00.
12. The fee for filing a
financial report required to be filed by a fund raising counsel or independent paid
fund raiser under N.J.S.A. 45:17A-27g(3) for a solicitation campaign, shall be $
10.00.
13. The fee for filing a written
commitment, required to be filed by a fund raising counsel or independent paid fund
raiser under N.J.S.A. 45:17A-32e(1), confirming a charitable organization's
acceptance of donated tickets to an event, shall be $ 10.00.
14. The fee for filing a 10-day notice, required
to be filed under N.J.S.A. 45:17A-30d(1) by a law officers' organization to provide
notice of any campaign involving multiple solicitations, shall be $ 10.00.
15. The fees for photocopies of any public record
maintained pursuant to the Act shall be in accordance with the "Open Public Records
Act," 47:1A-1 et seq.
(b) Where the fee imposed is based upon the gross contributions received during the most recently filed fiscal year, and a charitable organization failed to make a required filing which reports gross contributions, the fee shall be based upon the gross contributions received in the prior fiscal year.
(c) A late fee shall be deemed a primary, but not exclusive, remedy for any registration statement or other document which is not filed in a timely fashion. Any failure to file in a timely fashion is a violation of the Act and may be enforced accordingly.
(d) All fee payments shall be in the form of a check or money order made out to "The N.J. Division of Consumer Affairs," and sent to:
Division of Consumer Affairs
Charities Registration Section
PO Box 45021
Newark, NJ 07101
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