S T A T E S C O N T A C T I N F O R M A T I O N
If you have been registering your nonprofit organization for solicitation purposes, you know that keeping in contact with each state is critical to obtaining clarifications on their respective regulations, filing extensions, and validating your status. We have conveniently assembled a complete list of states contact information including addresses, phone number and email addresses that specifically cater to charitable organizations. You can leverage these contact details to send out your inquiries and learn about the requirements that your organization might be subject to.
| State | Address | Phone Number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Office of the Alabama Attorney General
Consumer Protection Attn: Charitable Organization Registration Post Office Box 300152 Montgomery, Alabama 36130 | Phone:1 (800)
392-5658 OR (334)
242-7335 Fax: (334)-242-2433 | Contact Form |
| Alaska | State of Alaska Department of Law Attorney General's Office 1031 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 200 Anchorage, Alaska 99501 | Phone: (907) 269-5200 or (888) 576-2529 | LawCharities@alaska.gov |
| Arkansas | Arkansas Attorney General’s Office Consumer Protection Division ATTN: Charities Registration Bureau 323 Center Street, Suite 500 Little Rock, AR 72201 | Phone: (501) 682-2007 or (800) 482-8982 | Charities@ArkansasAG.gov |
| California | Registry of Charitable Trusts P.O. Box 903447 Sacramento, CA 94203-4470 | Phone: (916) 445-2021 | rct@doj.ca.gov |
| Colorado | Colorado Department of State 1700 Broadway, Suite 200 Denver, CO 80290 | Phone: (303) 894-2200, option 2 | charitable@sos.state.co.us |
| Connecticut | Dept. of Consumer Protection Attn: Public Charities Unit 165 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106-1630 | Phone: (860) 713-6170 | DCP.PublicCharities@ct.gov |
| District of Columbia | Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs 1100 4th Street SW Washington, DC 20024 | Phone: (202) 442-4311 Fax: (202) 442-9445 TTY: (202) 123-4567 | dcra@dc.gov |
| Florida | FDACS Solicitation of Contributions P.O. Box 6700 Tallahassee, FL 32314-6700 | calling
from Florida: 1-800-HELP-FLA
(435-7352) calling from outside of Florida: (850) 410-3800 | CSWebmaster@FreshFromFlorida.com |
| Georgia | Securities and Charities Division Office of the Georgia Secretary of State 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SE, Suite 820 West Tower Atlanta, GA 30334 | Phone: (478) 207-2440 | charities@sos.ga.gov |
| Hawaii | Department of the Attorney General Tax & Charities Division 425 Queen Street Honolulu, HI 96813 | Phone: (808) 586-1480 | ATG.Charities@Hawaii.gov |
| Illinois | Office of the Illinois Attorney General Charitable Trust Bureau 100 West Randolph Street, 11th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60601-3175 | Phone: (312) 814-2595 | charitabletrustinfo@atg.state.il.us |
| Kansas | Kansas Secretary of State, Audit Manager Memorial Hall, 1st Floor 120 S.W. 10th Avenue Topeka, KS 66612-1594 | Phone: (785) 296-4564 | kssos@sos.ks.gov |
| Kentucky | Office of the Attorney General 1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 200 Frankfort, KY 40601 Attn: Charity Registration | Phone: (502) 696-5300 | CP.Charities@ag.ky.gov |
| Louisiana | LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Public Protection Division 1885 N. 3rd Street, 4th Floor Baton Rouge, LA 70802 | Phone: (225) 326-6414 | gitsc@ag.state.la.us |
| Maine | State of Maine 35 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333 | Phone: (207) 624-8603 | charitable.sol@maine.gov |
| Maryland | Charitable Organization Division Secretary of State State House Annapolis, MD 21401 | Phone: (410) 974-5534 | dlnotary@maryland.gov |
| Massachusetts | Office of the Attorney General Non-Profit Organizations/Public Charities Division One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 | Phone: (617) 727-2200, ext. 2101 | ago@state.ma.us |
| Michigan | Department of Attorney General Charitable Trust Section PO Box 30214 Lansing, MI 48909 | Phone: (517) 373-1152 Fax: (517) 241-7074 | ct_email@michigan.gov |
| Minnesota | Office of Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1200 St. Paul, MN 55101 | Phone: (651) 296-9412 or (651) 296-1410 (TTY) | Attorney.General@ag.state.mn.us |
| Mississippi | Mississippi Secretary of State's Office Charities Registration Post Office Box 136 Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0136 | Phone: (601) 359-1371 or (888) 236-6167 | Charities Contact Form |
| Missouri | Missouri Attorney General’s Office Attention: Registration Specialist PO Box 899 Jefferson City, MO 65102 | Phone: (573) 751-3321 | registrations@ago.mo.gov |
| Nevada | BARBARA K. CEGAVSKE Secretary of State 202 North Carson Street Carson City, Nevada 89701-4201 | Phone: (775) 684-5708 | sosmail@sos.nv.gov |
| New Hampshire | Office of the Attorney General Charitable Trusts Unit 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301-6397 | Phone: (603) 271-3591 | charitabletrusts2@doj.nh.gov |
| New Jersey | New Jersey Office of the Attorney General Division of Consumer Affairs Office of Consumer Protection Charities Registration Section 124 Halsey Street, 7th Floor, P.O. Box 45021 Newark, NJ 07101 | Phone: (973) 504-6215 | askconsumeraffairs@dca.lps.state.nj.us |
| New Mexico | Office of The Attorney General Charitable Organizations P.O. Drawer 1508 Santa Fe, NM 87504-1508 | Phone: (505) 827-6000 Fax: (505) 827-5826 | Charity.Registrar@nmag.gov |
| New York | NYS Office of the Attorney General Charities Bureau Registration Section 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271 | Phone: (212) 416-8401 | charities.bureau@ag.ny.gov |
| North Carolina | NC Department of the Secretary of State ATTN: CSL PO Box 29622 Raleigh, NC 27626-0622 | Phone: (919) 807-2214 | csl@sosnc.com |
| North Dakota | Secretary of State State of North Dakota 600 E Boulevard Ave Dept 108 Bismarck, ND 58505-0500 | Phone: (701) 328-3665 Toll Free: (800) 352-0867 ext 328-3665 Fax: (701) 328-1690 | sosadlic@nd.gov |
| Ohio | Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine 30 E. Broad St., 14th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 | Toll-free: (800)
282-0515 Phone: (614) 466-4986 | CharitableRegistration@OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Secretary of State 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Room 101 Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4897 | Phone (405) 521-3912 Fax: (405) 521-3771 | |
| Oregon | Charitable Activities Section Oregon Department of Justice 1515 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 410 Portland, OR 97201-5451 | Phone: (971) 673-1880 | charitable.activities@state.or.us |
| Pennsylvania | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of State Bureau of Charitable Organizations 207 North Office Building Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 | Phone: (717) 783-1720 or (800) 732-0999 (within
PA only) Fax: (717) 783-6014 | ST-CHARITY@pa.gov |
| Rhode Island | State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Department Of Business Regulation Securities Division Charitable Organization Section 1511 Pontiac Avenue, Bldg. 69-1 Cranston, Rhode Island 02920 | Phone: (401) 462-9527 | dbr.elicensing@dbr.ri.gov |
| South Carolina | South Carolina Secretary of State Attn: Division of Public Charities 1205 Pendleton St., Suite 525 Columbia, SC 29201 | Phone: (803) 734-1790 | charities@sos.sc.gov |
| Tennessee | Division of Charitable Solicitations and
Gaming Office of Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, 8th Floor Nashville, Tennessee 37243 | Phone: (615) 741-2555 or 1-800-861-7393 | Charitable.Solicitations@tn.gov |
| Utah | Department of Commerce Division of Consumer Protection 160 East 300 South Box 146704 Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-6704 | Phone: (801) 530-6601 | dcp-charities@utah.gov |
| Virginia | Virginia Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services P.O. Box 526 Richmond, VA 23218-0526 | Phone: (804) 786-1343 Fax: (804) 225-2666 | OCARPUNIT.vdacs@vdacs.virginia.gov |
| Washington | Secretary of State Charities Program PO Box 40234 Olympia, WA 98504 | Phone: (360) 725-0378 | charities@sos.wa.gov |
| West Virginia | West Virginia Secretary of State Charities Division 1900 Kanawha Blvd E. Bldg 1, Suite 157-K Charleston, WV 25305 | Tel: (304) 558-8000 Fax: (304) 558-8381 | charities@wvsos.com |
| Wisconsin | State of Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions PO Box 7876 Madison, WI 53707-7876 | Phone: (608) 267-1711 Fax: (608) 267-6889 | DFI_LFS@wisconsin.gov |
