Online Charity Dat​abase System Info Effective August 2022​

You may now submit your initial and subsequent annual charitable solicitation registrations online on Maryland's OneStop Portal: https://onestop.md.gov. If you are filing an annual registration form, you will need to log into your OneStop account, move to your charity's entity account, and complete the renewal application in the system. Be sure to log into OneStop with the same email address that you have used to claim the organization's record, or that you were designated as a user by the organization's record holder, so that you'll be able to successfully navigate to the renewal application online.

If you haven't claimed the organization's record so that you can file annual registrations online, you will need to do that first. The record holder email address in the system should be the last email address provided on your prior annual registration form. If you are unable to claim the records, contact dlcharity_sos@maryland.gov to let us know that you cannot claim the record and provide us with the email address that you want to use to access the organization's records in OneStop so that you can file online. We will update the system to make that email address the record holder so that you can claim the records in the system and file online. 

If your organization has not previously registered with the Secretary of State to solicit charitable contributions in Maryland, you will want to complete a new registration form. You can do that from this link: https://onestop.md.gov/tags/5d1538807ccc6701ed6141d6. You can access the new filing form for both charities and paid fundraisers from this link.

The user guides below will help you with setting up your account, claiming your record, and filing annual registrations.​

If you previously submitted charity registration paperwork via U.S. Mail, it will be processed. Submitting it online will cause a duplicate entry and double-payment.

​Links to user guides and a video are below, they may help you to set up and use the online system.

• One Stop Accounts User Guide ​
  
• One Stop Account Log In Video Guide 
  
• Charity Initial Registration User Guide 
  
• Charity Annual Registration User Guide 
  
• Professional Solicitor, Fund-Raising Counsel, Public Safety Solicitor Registration User Guide 
  

• Charity Regulations-COMAR 01.02.03 - ​ ​ click​​ he​re
• Charity Regulations-COMAR 01.02.04 - click h​ere​

Charity Town Halls​

1. 6/9/2025: Charity Town Hall Recording: Charity Online Filing System Demonstration​
   
   
2. 5/12/2025: Charity Town Hall Recording: Professional Solicitor and Fundraising Counsel Registration Requirements​
   
   
3. 3/10/2025: Charity Town Hall Recording: Registration Requirements for Charitable Organizations
   
   
4. 11/18/2024: C​harity Town Hall Recording: Donor Awareness-Tips for Donating Wisely
   
   
5. ​​ 10/29/2024: Charity Town Hall Recording: Charitable Organizations Registration Requirements Through the Lens of the Secretary of State, Comptroller, State Department of Assessments & Taxation​​​
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6. ​ 9/16/2024: Charity Town Hall Recording: How to Come Back Into Compliance-Fixing Registration Issues​
   
   
7. ​ 10/25/23 Charity Town Hall Recording: Cryptocurrency and Charities​
   
   
8. 4/3/23 Charity Town Hall Recording: Compliance & Enforcement...How to Avoid Complaints​
   
   
9. ​​ 10/21/22 Charity Town Hall Recording: How to Escape a C​yberpunk! How charities can avoid becoming a victim of cybercrime​
   
   
10. ​ 10/22/2021 Charity Town Hall on Cybercrime-Tips from Charity Leaders (video from the town hall) - - To view the slides from this town hall click here ​​
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11. 10/19/21 Charity Town Hall: Stop Cybercrime in its Tracks...Tips for Protecting Charities (video from the town hall) - - To view the slides from this town hall click here​​

Charities and Legal Services Division Annual Reports

• Charities an​d Legal Services Division Annual Report for fiscal year ending 6/30/2023​
• Charities and Legal Services Division Annual Report for fiscal year ending 6/30/2022​
• ​Charities and Legal Services Division Annual Report for fiscal year ending 6/30/2021​​​
• Charities and Legal Services Division Annual Report for fiscal year ending 6/30/2020
  
• Charities and Legal Services Division Annual Report for fiscal year ending 6/30/2019
  

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• Online Giving Donor and Consumer Guide
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​The Charitable Organizations Division annually registers, regulates and renews charitable organizations, Professional Solicitors and Fund-Raising Counsel soliciting charitable contributions in the State of Maryland. This includes the review of a charitable organization's financial and governing documents, as well as the review of all fund-raising contracts.

The Division administers and reviews applications for participation in the Maryland Charity Campaign for Maryland State Employees and Retirees. In order to encourage public confidence in the integrity of charities, current law mandates that charities reveal to the public their financial and programmatic activities, with the view that an informed public will exercise prudence in giving.

Legislation also established a Charitable Giving Information Progra​​m comprised of a toll-free line, a speaker's bureau and the production of charitable giving literature. The program is designed to increase public awareness and encourage questions regarding charitable giving, as well as to offer the public a means of voicing concerns and reporting suspected violations of the charitable law.​

Statutory Authority: Business Regulation Article, §§6-101—6-701 of the Annotated Code of Maryland.  

• Charity Registration
• Disclosure & Financial Statements
  
• ​ Maryland Sal​es and Use Tax Exemption
  
• How to Start a Nonprofit Organization in Maryland
• Community Law Center Nonprofit Filing Calendar
• Nonprofit Development Center
• Life Cycle of a Public Charity (IRS)
• Raffles of Real & Personal Property
• Maryland Charity Campaign
  

Many states have solicitation acts similar to the Maryland Solicitations Act. These statutes also generally require registration of charitable organizations soliciting in their states. C​lick​ h​​​ere​​ for the print version of the Maryland Solicitation Act. Please be advised that although every effort has been made to reproduce the current text of the Maryland Code for these sections, this office does not warrant the accuracy of this content.

If a charitable organization is soliciting or is planning on soliciting charitable contributions in other states, the organization should contact the state agency responsible for the regulations of charitable solicitations and determine whether registration is required.

Professional Solicitors and Fund-raising Counsel

• Information for Professional Solicitors, Fund-raising Counsel and Public Safety Solicitors
• Professional Solicitors & Fund-raising Counsel List
• Suggestions for working with a Paid Fund-Raiser