Requirement of filing financial reports by charitable organizations soliciting and receiving contributions for disasters.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-101-521
in effect48-101-521. Requirement of filing financial reports by charitable organizations soliciting and receiving contributions for disasters.
(a) Any charitable organization, other than a bona fide religious institution, that solicits and receives contributions exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for a charitable purpose related to a disaster in this state shall file quarterly financial reports with the secretary of state, on forms prescribed by the secretary of state, detailing the money raised and expended by the organization as a result of the solicitation, until the funds are expended. The first quarterly report shall be filed on the last day of the third month following the commencement of solicitations.
(b) Any charitable organization other than a bona fide religious institution, which solicited and received contributions exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for a charitable purpose related to a disaster in this state between May 1, 2010, and May 20, 2011, shall file a financial report with the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, on June 30, 2011. The report shall detail all funds received and expended by the organization as a result of the solicitation. After June 30, 2011, the organization shall file quarterly financial reports with the secretary of state, on forms prescribed by the secretary of state, detailing the money raised and expended by the organization as a result of the solicitation, until the funds are expended.
(c) Any charitable organization, other than a bona fide religious institution, that solicits and receives contributions exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for a charitable purpose related to a disaster in this state and that does not expend all contributions received within two (2) years of the commencement of solicitations shall file a report with both the secretary of state and the attorney general and reporter detailing both the timing and anticipated placement for the expenditures of the remaining funds. This report must be filed by the last day of the twenty-fourth month following the commencement of solicitations. A charitable organization may request an exemption from the requirements of this subsection from the secretary of state and the attorney general and reporter; however, both the secretary of state and the attorney general and reporter must first approve the request.
Acts 2011, ch. 232, § 4; T.C.A § 48-101-522; 2023, ch. 231, § 11.
Source: Tennessee Code (state release 76 via Public.Resource.Org) + public chapters (Tennessee Secretary of State)URL: https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0231.pdfFetched: 10/24/2026