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Every database migration applied to CharityFile, and changes to the fees, deadlines, exemptions, penalties and other state facts in our database, with the date of each. The database writes each fact entry itself and refuses a change that does not name who made it. It also refuses to edit or delete an entry, so a correction always appears as a new entry.

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244 database migrations since Apr 24, 2026, and 1115 fact changes since Sep 9, 2026.

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Fact changes

Oct 14, 2026

  • Oct 14, 2026
    MI deadline rule: extension quote added; extension source url none → https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/mcl/pdf/mcl-162-1982-9.pdf
    Source: legislature.mi.gov · send source
    “If good cause is shown, the administrator may extend the time for filing a report under section 911 for not more than 1 year after the due date of the filing.”
    Made by: CharityFile operator
  • Oct 14, 2026
    MI deadline rule: extension quote added; extension source url none → https://www.michigan.gov/consumerprotection/-/media/Project/Websites/consumerprotection/Charities/CTS-02-Renewal-Solicitation-Form-2026-04.pdf
    Source: michigan.gov · send source
    “Check here if you would like to request an automatic 5-month extension for this renewal.”
    Made by: CharityFile operator

Sep 24, 2026

  • Sep 24, 2026
    MI deadline rule: source url https://www.michigan.gov/consumerprotection/charities/charitable-organizations → https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=MCL-400-273; source quote replaced
    Source: legislature.mi.gov · send source
    “Before a solicitation, unless the charitable organization is exempt from registration and reporting under section 13, a charitable organization that solicits or intends to solicit or receives or intends to receive contributions from persons by any means shall register with the attorney general as provided in this act.”
    Made by: CharityFile operator

Sep 23, 2026

  • Sep 23, 2026
    MI deadline rule: calculation notes Due 30 days before your registration expires; it expires 1 year and 7 months after your fiscal year end. → Due 30 days before your registration expires. It expires 1 year and 7 months after the end date of the financial statement you filed last. When you renew each year, that is 7 months after the end of your latest fiscal year.
    Source: legislature.mi.gov · send source
    “The registration of a charitable organization shall expire 1 year and 7 months after the end date of the financial statement provided under section 3(2). To renew a registration, a charitable organization shall file with the attorney general a renewal registration statement and supporting information on or before 30 days before the expiration date of the current registration.”
    Made by: CharityFile operator

Sep 16, 2026

  • Sep 16, 2026
    MI deadline rule: source url https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-400-277 → https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=MCL-400-277
    Source: legislature.mi.gov · send source
    “The registration of a charitable organization shall expire 1 year and 7 months after the end date of the financial statement provided under section 3(2). To renew a registration, a charitable organization shall file with the attorney general a renewal registration statement and supporting information on or before 30 days before the expiration date of the current registration.”
    Made by: not recorded

Sep 15, 2026

  • Sep 15, 2026
    MI deadline rule: extension notes Request a 5-month extension by CTS-02 checkbox, email, or letter. Not automatic. Not IRS Form 8868-conditional. The IRS sentence on the form is only advice to check the box if the organization routinely asks the IRS. → Request a 5-month extension by CTS-02 checkbox, email, or letter; the CTS-02 form itself calls the result an “automatic” extension, but you must still make the request. Not IRS Form 8868-conditional. The IRS sentence on the form is only advice to check the box if the organization routinely asks the IRS.
    Source: legislature.mi.gov · send source
    “The registration of a charitable organization shall expire 1 year and 7 months after the end date of the financial statement provided under section 3(2). To renew a registration, a charitable organization shall file with the attorney general a renewal registration statement and supporting information on or before 30 days before the expiration date of the current registration.”
    Made by: not recorded
  • Sep 15, 2026
    MI deadline rule: due event none → before a solicitation
    Source: michigan.gov · send source
    “requires an organization to register if it solicits or receives contributions in Michigan”
    Made by: not recorded
  • Sep 15, 2026
    MI deadline rule: display form name none → CTS-01 Initial Solicitation Form
    Source: michigan.gov · send source
    “requires an organization to register if it solicits or receives contributions in Michigan”
    Made by: not recorded

Sep 14, 2026

  • Sep 14, 2026
    MI deadline rule: extension available 0 → 1; extension notes No statutory extension mechanism for LARA Annual Report. Penalty escalates: late = penalty fees added; 2 years non-filing = automatic dissolution per §450.2922. → Written request: the administrator may extend the section 911 report for not more than 1 year after the due date if good cause is shown. Not automatic. Not IRS-conditional.
    Source: legislature.mi.gov · send source
    “Each domestic corporation and each foreign corporation authorized to conduct affairs in this state shall file a report with the administrator not later than October 1 of each year.”
    Made by: not recorded
  • Sep 14, 2026
    MI deadline rule: extension days 150 → none; extension months none → 5; extension notes Michigan AG does NOT auto-honor IRS Form 8868 — diverges from FL/OH pattern. Organization must explicitly email ct_email@michigan.gov BEFORE expiration with explanation and a copy of Form 8868 attached. Max extension: 5 months (150 days) beyond original renewal due date. No retroactive extensions. → Request a 5-month extension by CTS-02 checkbox, email, or letter. Not automatic. Not IRS Form 8868-conditional. The IRS sentence on the form is only advice to check the box if the organization routinely asks the IRS.; extension conditional on irs 1 → 0
    Source: legislature.mi.gov · send source
    “The registration of a charitable organization shall expire 1 year and 7 months after the end date of the financial statement provided under section 3(2). To renew a registration, a charitable organization shall file with the attorney general a renewal registration statement and supporting information on or before 30 days before the expiration date of the current registration.”
    Made by: not recorded

Sep 9, 2026

  • Sep 9, 2026
    MI deadline rule: calculation notes Encoded as offset_months=7, offset_anchor=day, offset_day NULL, days_offset=-30. Expiry is 1 year and 7 months after the fiscal year end of the financial statement the renewal reports on (same day of the month, clamped); the filing is due 30 days before that expiry. 31 December FYE renews by 1 July; 30 September by 31 March; 28 February by 29 August. Text read 2026-09-09 on Justia's reproduction of MCL 400.277 because the primary site blocks this network; the sentences this row already held from the primary site match Justia word for word. → Due 30 days before your registration expires; it expires 1 year and 7 months after your fiscal year end.
    Source: legislature.mi.gov · send source
    Quote not recorded in this entry.
    Made by: not recorded
  • Sep 9, 2026
    MI deadline rule: days offset 180 → -30; offset months none → 7; offset anchor none → day; calculation notes Renewal due 30 days before license expiration per MCL §400.277. License expires 1 year 7 months after the fiscal year end of the financial statement provided. In practice: renewal is due ~6 months after each FYE (e.g., December 31 FYE → renewal due ~July 1). → Encoded as offset_months=7, offset_anchor=day, offset_day NULL, days_offset=-30. Expiry is 1 year and 7 months after the fiscal year end of the financial statement the renewal reports on (same day of the month, clamped); the filing is due 30 days before that expiry. 31 December FYE renews by 1 July; 30 September by 31 March; 28 February by 29 August. Text read 2026-09-09 on Justia's reproduction of MCL 400.277 because the primary site blocks this network; the sentences this row already held from the primary site match Justia word for word.
    Source: legislature.mi.gov · send source
    Quote not recorded in this entry.
    Made by: not recorded

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