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.
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244 database migrations since Apr 24, 2026, and 1115 fact changes since Sep 9, 2026.
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Showing 7 database migrations and 21 fact changes affecting FL.Show all →
Fact changes
Oct 14, 2026
- Oct 14, 2026FL deadline rule: extension quote added; extension source url none → https://forms.fdacs.gov/10100.pdf
Source: forms.fdacs.gov · send source
“Extension request for financial statement only. To request an extension, you must provide a copy of the submitted IRS form 8868 titled Application for Extension of Time To File an Exempt Organization Return or Excise Taxes Related to Employee Benefit Plans showing the time allowed.”
Made by: CharityFile operator - Oct 14, 2026FL required attachment added: registration type renewal; attachment name Annual certification of compliance with the conflict-of-interest policy; description All directors, officers and trustees certify each year that they comply with the organization's conflict-of-interest policy; a copy of that certification goes to FDACS with the annual registration statement (s. 496.4055(2), F.S.).; is conditional 0; form url https://www.fdacs.gov/content/download/59585/file/SOC%20Conflict%20of%20Interest.pdf; source url http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0400-0499/0496/0496.html; verification status verifiedMade by: CharityFile operator
Sep 24, 2026
- Sep 24, 2026FL penalty: risk class unclassified → felony; grade quote added; grade source url none → https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/496.417; grade source cite none → Fla. Stat. § 496.417Made by: CharityFile operator
Sep 23, 2026
- Sep 23, 2026FL penalty: risk class civil → unclassifiedMade by: CharityFile operator
- Sep 23, 2026FL penalty: short label Florida ($500 per violation for registration failure; up to $10,000 for fraud or deception) → Florida (administrative fine up to $5,000 per violation; up to $500 per violation for a 501(c)(3) organization that fails to register; up to $10,000 for fraud or deception); source quote replacedMade by: CharityFile operator
Sep 15, 2026
- Sep 15, 2026FL required attachment: source url none → https://forms.fdacs.gov/10100.pdf; source quote added; verification status unverified → verifiedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026FL required attachment: source url none → https://forms.fdacs.gov/10100.pdf; source quote added; verification status unverified → verifiedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026FL required attachment: source url none → https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/496.407; source quote added; verification status unverified → verifiedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026FL required attachment: source url none → https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/496.407; source quote added; verification status unverified → verifiedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026FL required attachment: source url none → https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/496.407; source quote added; verification status unverified → verifiedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026FL required attachment: source url none → https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/496.407; source quote added; verification status unverified → verifiedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026FL required attachment: source url none → https://forms.fdacs.gov/10100.pdf; source quote added; verification status unverified → verifiedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026FL exemption: source url https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/496.406 → https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/496.406; source quote replaced
Source: flsenate.gov · send source
“A person who is soliciting for a named individual, provided that all the contributions collected without any deductions whatsoever are turned over to the beneficiary for her or his use and provided that the person has complied with the requirements of s. 496.413.”
Made by: not recorded - Sep 15, 2026FL exemption: source url https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/496.403 → https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/496.403; source quote replaced
Source: flsenate.gov · send source
“Sections 496.401-496.424 do not apply to bona fide religious institutions, educational institutions, and state agencies or other government entities or persons or organizations who solicit or act as professional fundraising consultants solely on behalf of those entities, or to blood establishments as defined in s. 381.06014(1)(a). Sections 496.401-496.424 do not apply to political contributions solicited in accordance with the election laws of this state.”
Made by: not recorded - Sep 15, 2026FL penalty: criminal scope none → bothMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026FL deadline rule: extension notes The renewal statement itself has no extension: under § 496.405(1)(d) the registration expires after the date the renewal was due. FDACS may extend the time for the financial statement only (§ 496.407(3)); the request is a copy of IRS Form 8868 with question 22 of the application, and the registration stays active during that extension. → The renewal statement itself has no extension and expires after the due date (§ 496.405(1)(d)1). FDACS may extend the time for the financial statement only: submit IRS Form 8868 and FDACS matches the IRS date (§ 496.407(3); FDACS-10100). Registration stays active during that extension. Small-charity FDACS-10110 cannot request this extension.
Source: flsenate.gov · send source
“any changes in the information submitted on the initial registration statement or the last renewal statement must be updated annually on a renewal statement provided by the department on or before the date that marks 1 year after the date the department approved the initial registration statement as provided in this section.”
Made by: not recorded - Sep 15, 2026FL required attachment: description Most current financial report. If the organization receives $500,000 or more in annual contributions and submits a Form 990 / 990-EZ in lieu of audited financials, the 990 must be prepared by a certified public accountant (or another professional who prepares such forms in the ordinary course of business) per §496.407(2)(b). → Financial statement as listed on FDACS-10100, not Form 990-PF or 990-N.; is conditional 0 → 1; condition description none → File one of: IRS Form 990 and all schedules; 990-EZ and Schedule O; FDACS-10122; or a budget (newly formed only). 990-PF and 990-N are refused.Made by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026FL required attachment: description 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status determination → IRS tax-exemption determination letter, when granted.; is conditional 0 → 1; condition description none → Attach if the IRS has granted tax-exempt status; if pending, file within 30 days after receipt (FDACS-10100 Q10; § 496.405(2)(h)).Made by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026FL deadline rule: calculation notes Every FL domestic + foreign nonprofit corporation must file an annual report with the FL Department of State (Sunbiz) between Jan 1 and May 1 each year, per §617.1622. Postmark on or before May 1 satisfies the requirement under §617.1622(2). Failure subjects the corporation to administrative dissolution under §617.1622(8). → Every Florida domestic and foreign nonprofit corporation files a Sunbiz annual report between January 1 and May 1 (§ 617.1622(4) 2026). Subsection (2) is a registered-agent change, not a postmark rule. Failure to file may bar court actions and is subject to dissolution or cancellation of authority under subsection (6), not subsection (8). History: ch. 2026-168.; source url https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/617.1622 → https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/617.1622; source quote replaced
Source: flsenate.gov · send source
“Subsequent annual reports must be delivered to the department between January 1 and May 1 of each calendar year thereafter.”
Made by: not recorded
Sep 14, 2026
- Sep 14, 2026FL deadline rule: extension available 1 → 0; extension notes Submit a copy of IRS Form 8868 to FDACS. FDACS will grant an extension date matching the IRS extension (per FDACS hub; the prior fixed 180-day extension was eliminated by 2024 statutory amendment). → The renewal statement itself has no extension: under § 496.405(1)(d) the registration expires after the date the renewal was due. FDACS may extend the time for the financial statement only (§ 496.407(3)); the request is a copy of IRS Form 8868 with question 22 of the application, and the registration stays active during that extension.; extension conditional on irs 1 → 0; calculation notes Annual renewal due on anniversary of initial registration compliance date. FDACS has 15 business days to act on each renewal under §496.405(7); a renewal not approved or denied within that window is automatically approved. → Annual renewal due on anniversary of initial registration compliance date. FDACS must approve or deny each renewal within 15 business days of receipt (§ 496.405(7)); a renewal that FDACS does not approve or deny within 15 business days after it receives requested additional information or a correction is approved automatically.
Source: flsenate.gov · send source
Quote not recorded in this entry.Made by: not recorded - Sep 14, 2026FL deadline rule: calculation notes Initial registration must be filed BEFORE soliciting in Florida per F.S. § 496.405. Small-charity carve-out: orgs with < 0,000 total contributions whose fundraising is carried on by unpaid volunteers/members/officers (with no professional fundraiser/solicitor/co-venturer) may file the simpler FDACS-10110 in lieu of the full FDACS-10100 registration. Small-charity status sunsets within 30 days once contributions hit or exceed 0,000 in a fiscal year — must register full FDACS-10100 then. (Modeled separately as exemption row id=99 — small_org_volunteer.) → Initial registration must be filed BEFORE soliciting in Florida per F.S. § 496.405. Small-charity carve-out: orgs with < $50,000 total contributions whose fundraising is carried on by unpaid volunteers/members/officers (with no professional fundraiser/solicitor/co-venturer) may file the simpler FDACS-10110 in lieu of the full FDACS-10100 registration. Small-charity status sunsets within 30 days once contributions hit or exceed $50,000 in a fiscal year — must register full FDACS-10100 then. (Modeled separately as exemption row id=99 — small_org_volunteer.)
Source: fdacs.gov · send source
Quote not recorded in this entry.Made by: not recorded
Applied migrations
April 2026
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.