What can be submitted through the Online Charity Portal?
- Initial Charity Registration eForm (only for charities registering with the AGO for the first time)
- Annual Filings, including Forms PC and attachments (due 4.5 months after charity’s fiscal year end; 6 month extensions available if charity is in compliance)
- Payments for Initial Charity Registration and Annual Filings
- PDFs of additional documentation (such as address updates and revised governing documents)
Please note: Beginning September 1, 2023, the Division will require all charitable registration and annual filings to be made through the Charity Portal; paper submissions will no longer be accepted after that date.
What cannot be submitted through the Online Charity Portal?
- Fundraiser filings should be sent via email to professionalfundraiser@mass.gov
- Dissolution requests should be sent via email to charities@mass.gov
- Notices of disposition of assets (e.g., 8A(c) Notices and Beede Notices) should be sent via email to charities@mass.gov
- Probate notices should be sent via email to charitiesprobate@mass.gov
How do I get started on the Online Charity Portal?
Our Charity Portal is new, so please use the resources available here to help you get set up with a login and get oriented with its use. The short training videos linked below, as well as the FAQ document, provide answers to common questions that filers ask while using the Portal.
Click here to access the Charity Portal.
Charity Portal instruction manual, click here.
FAQ document, click here.
Here are several short training videos to support your Charity Portal use:
- Submit a Charity Registration
- Creating an Account in the Online Portal
- Starting a Form PC
- Obtaining Signatures in the Online Portal
- Making a Payment in the Online Portal
If you have reviewed these instructions and training materials and still need assistance, please contact CharitiesPortal@mass.gov. Emails to CharitiesPortal@mass.gov are answered in the order in which they have been received.
Looking to Register with the AGO for the first time?
Organizations that have never filed with the Attorney General's Office (i.e., those that do not currently have an assigned Attorney General Account Number (AG Number)) can take the following steps:
(Unsure if your charity is already registered? Please search here.)
- Submit the Registration eForm, available here.
- You will need to attach supporting documents such as Articles of Organization or Trust Instrument, Bylaws, and an IRS determination letter (if available).
- Await our reply by email, which will be sent to you after we review your Registration eForm. If you are properly registering, we will issue you an AG Number in this email.
- Follow our emailed instructions on how to finalize your Registration and pay any required fees through the Charity Portal using your newly issued AG Number.
- When your Registration is fully complete, we will email a Certificate of Solicitation (if requested).
Looking to Submit Your Annual Filings (Form PC and attachments)?
Charities that have been assigned an AG Number and need to submit annual filings (Form PC and attachments) should use the AGO’s online Charity Portal.
(Need to find a charity’s AG Number? Please search here.)
- Filers must first create a free Charity Portal account.
- Click here for instructions on how to create this account. Please note that Charity Portal accounts are based on individual email addresses, there is no “charity account.”
- After creating a Charity Portal account, filers may use it to complete the online Form PC as well as provide electronic signatures and required payments. The Charity Portal itself is linked here.
Please note: Beginning September 1, 2023, the Division will require all charitable registration and annual filings to be made through the Charity Portal; paper submissions will no longer be accepted after that date.