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 2 database migrations and 15 fact changes affecting ME.Show all →
Fact changes
Oct 14, 2026
- Oct 14, 2026ME required attachment added: registration type renewal; attachment name Annual Fundraising Activity Report (AFAR); description The annual fund-raising activity report for the preceding fiscal year, on the director's form, submitted as part of the license renewal application.; is conditional 0; form url https://www.maine.gov/pfr/professionallicensing/sites/maine.gov.pfr.professionallicensing/files/inline-files/CHA-org-afar.pdf; source url https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/9/title9ch385.pdf; verification status verifiedMade by: CharityFile operator
- Oct 14, 2026ME fee schedule: fee calculation notes $50 late renewal fee per Maine DPFR for renewals filed within 90 days after Nov 30 expiration. After 90 days, organization must re-apply as new applicant. → $50 late fee for a license renewed after it expires on November 30, from December 1 to March 1. A renewal application filed more than 90 days after expiration must meet every requirement for a new applicant.; source quote replaced
Source: maine.gov · send source
“A late fee of $50.00 is assessed for licenses renewed after the license expiration date. (December 1 - March 1).”
Made by: CharityFile operator
Sep 24, 2026
- Sep 24, 2026ME deadline rule: extension available 1 → 0; extension days 90 → none; extension notes No statutory pre-deadline extension. POST-deadline grace: license can be renewed within 90 days after November 30 expiration with $50 late fee. Beyond 90 days organization MUST RE-APPLY as new applicant. → none
Source: legislature.maine.gov · send source
“A license issued by the director to a charitable organization expires on November 30th annually or such other time as the director may designate. A charitable organization shall apply for renewal by filing a renewal application with the director prior to the expiration date and paying the license fee as set under section”
Made by: CharityFile operator - Sep 24, 2026ME deadline rule: source quote replaced
Source: legislature.maine.gov · send source
“Unless it has received an exemption pursuant to section 5006, a charitable organization that intends to solicit, accept or obtain contributions in this State or to have contributions solicited, accepted or obtained on its behalf within this State shall file a license application with the director and pay the application and license fees as set under section 5015‑A at least 30 days before soliciting, accepting or obtaining contributions.”
Made by: CharityFile operator
Sep 23, 2026
- Sep 23, 2026ME penalty: short label Maine (Class D crime + up to $10K civil under UTPA) → Maine (an intentional violation is a Class D crime per 9 M.R.S. § 5014)Made by: CharityFile operator
Sep 16, 2026
- Sep 16, 2026ME audit threshold removed: audit threshold 750000; audit inclusive 0; review inclusive 0; basis gross_revenue; basis label gross charitable contributions; source url https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/9/title9sec5004.html; source cite 9 M.R.S. §5004Made by: not recorded
Sep 15, 2026
- Sep 15, 2026ME required attachment: source url none → https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/9/title9sec5005-A.html; source quote added; verification status unverified → verifiedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026ME required attachment: source url none → https://www.maine.gov/pfr/professionallicensing/professions/charitable-solicitations-act/licensing/charitable-organizations; source quote added; verification status unverified → verifiedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026ME exemption: source url https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/9/title9sec5006.html → https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/9/title9sec5006.html; source quote replaced
Source: legislature.maine.gov · send source
“Persons soliciting contributions for the relief of any individual specified by name at the time of the solicitation, when all of the contributions collected, without any deductions whatsoever, are turned over to the named beneficiary for that individual's use”
Made by: not recorded - Sep 15, 2026ME deadline rule: extension notes No statutory pre-deadline extension. POST-deadline grace: license can be renewed within 90 days after November 30 expiration with $50 late fee. Beyond 90 days organization MUST RE-APPLY as new applicant. ME does NOT auto-honor IRS Form 8868 for state renewal. → No statutory pre-deadline extension. POST-deadline grace: license can be renewed within 90 days after November 30 expiration with $50 late fee. Beyond 90 days organization MUST RE-APPLY as new applicant.
Source: legislature.maine.gov · send source
“A license issued by the director to a charitable organization expires on November 30th annually or such other time as the director may designate. A charitable organization shall apply for renewal by filing a renewal application with the director prior to the expiration date and paying the license fee as set under section”
Made by: not recorded - Sep 15, 2026ME deadline rule: due event none → at least 30 days before soliciting, accepting or obtaining contributions
Source: legislature.maine.gov · send source
“Unless it has received an exemption pursuant to section”
Made by: not recorded - Sep 15, 2026ME exemption added: exemption type religious_institution_excluded; description An organization established for and serving bona fide religious purposes is not a charitable organization for Title 9 chapter 385. 9 M.R.S. § 5003(1). This is a definitional exclusion, not a § 5006 license exemption.; requires filing 0; source url https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/9/title9sec5003.html; verification status verified
Source: legislature.maine.gov · send source
“For purposes of this chapter, an organization established for and serving bona fide religious purposes is not a charitable organization.”
Made by: not recorded
Sep 14, 2026
- Sep 14, 2026ME required attachment: attachment name IRS Form 990 → IRS Form 990, 990-EZ or 990-N (upon request); description Most recent 990 filing → Produce upon request the three most recent federal Form 990 and Schedule A, Form 990-EZ or Form 990-N.; is conditional 0 → 1; condition description none → Produce upon request the three most recent Form 990 and Schedule A, 990-EZ or 990-NMade by: not recorded
- Sep 14, 2026ME penalty: description Maine treats intentional violations of the Charitable Solicitations Act as a Class D crime per 9 M.R.S. §5014. Plus all violations are also Unfair Trade Practices Act violations under Title 5 Ch. 10 — civil penalties up to $10,000 for intentional violations, plus injunction and restitution available. → Any violation of Maine's Charitable Solicitations Act is a violation of Title 5, chapter 10, the Unfair Trade Practices Act, and any intentional violation is a Class D crime (9 M.R.S. §5014).; source url https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/9/title9sec5014.html → https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/9/title9sec5014.html; criminal scope organization → both; source quote replacedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 14, 2026ME exemption: description Charitable organizations receiving less than $35,000 annually OR with fewer than 36 donors, provided NO professional solicitors are used AND assets/income do not benefit officers/members. Per 9 M.R.S. §5006. Dual-condition exemption. → Charitable organizations that do not intend to solicit and receive and do not actually solicit or receive contributions from the public in excess of $35,000 during a calendar year, or do not receive contributions from more than 35 persons during a calendar year, if they do not contract with professional solicitors and if no part of the assets or income inures to any officer or member. The organization must license within 30 days after crossing either trigger.; source url https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/9/title9sec5006.html → https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/9/title9sec5006.html; source quote replaced
Source: legislature.maine.gov · send source
“Charitable organizations that do not intend to solicit and receive and do not actually solicit or receive contributions from the public in excess of $35,000 during a calendar year or do not receive contributions from more than 35 persons during a calendar year, if the charitable organizations do not contract with professional solicitors and if no part of the assets or income inures to the benefit of or is paid to any officer or member.”
Made by: not recorded
Applied migrations
May 2026
- May 2, 2026
April 2026
- Apr 29, 2026
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