Change log
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.
See /coverage for the share of rows whose quote we found in its source and the oldest review per jurisdiction, /api/quality for the machine-readable JSON snapshot, the RSS feed of the newest 200 entries, or the CSV export of every entry.
244 database migrations since Apr 24, 2026, and 1115 fact changes since Sep 9, 2026.
Fact changes
Sep 24, 2026
- Sep 24, 2026WI deadline rule: extension available 1 → 0; extension days 60 → none; extension notes No statutory extension mechanism in Wis. Stat. Ch. 202. However DFI publishes a late-filing window through September 30 (60 days past the July 31 expiration) with $25 late fee per their fees schedule. Beyond September 30, registration is considered lapsed and may require new initial filing. → none
Source: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov · send source
“All charitable organization registrations expire on July 31 of each year.”
Made by: CharityFile operator
Sep 15, 2026
- Sep 15, 2026WI deadline rule added: deadline type renewal; base reference fiscal_year_end; offset months 12; offset anchor day; extension available 0; extension auto granted 0; extension conditional on irs 0; calculation notes Encoded as 12 months after fiscal year end, the same day clamped, from the verification quote ("within 12 months after the end of that fiscal year"). The July 31 credential renewal is a separate filing (§ 202.12(2)).; source url https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/202/ii/12; form name DFI Annual Report (§202.12(3)); cycle years 1; verification status verified
Source: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov · send source
“A charitable organization registered under sub. (1) shall file with the department an annual report for the charitable organization’s most recently completed fiscal year. The department shall prescribe the form of the report and shall prescribe standards for its completion. The annual report shall be filed within 12 months after the end of that fiscal year.”
Made by: not recorded - Sep 15, 2026WI deadline rule: display form name none → Charitable Organization Renewal
Source: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov · send source
“All charitable organization registrations expire on July 31 of each year.”
Made by: not recorded - Sep 15, 2026WI deadline rule: calculation notes Annual renewal due August 1 each year; registrations expire July 31 each year regardless of fiscal year end per §202.12(1)(e). Late-filing accepted through September 30 with $25 late fee. Wisconsin uses fixed-calendar-year cycle (NOT FYE-based) — unusual pattern compared to other states. → The online renewal must be filed before July 31 of each year. Do not treat August 1 as the due date. Wisconsin uses a fixed calendar-year credential, not fiscal-year-end, for the renewal.
Source: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov · send source
“All charitable organization registrations expire on July 31 of each year.”
Made by: not recorded
Fact entries record changes to fees, deadlines, exemptions, penalties, required attachments, agencies, audit thresholds, deadline extensions and conditional duties, including changes made directly in the database. A fee, deadline, exemption or deadline extension entry shows the source quote and link of its row, or says what the entry did not record. Migration entries record every migration applied to the production database. This page shows every entry. The database refuses to edit or delete an entry of either kind. “Made by: not recorded” marks an entry from before we recorded who made each change.