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.
Browse by category:Exemption (42)Fee (26)Deadline (20)Penalty (13)Data seed (5)Correction (3)Re-verification (2)Time-windowed override (1)
Showing 3 database migrations and 22 fact changes affecting OH.Show all →
Fact changes
Oct 14, 2026
- Oct 14, 2026OH deadline rule: extension quote added; extension source url none → https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1716.02
Source: codes.ohio.gov · send source
“The annual registration statement shall be refiled on or before the fifteenth day of the fifth calendar month after the close of each fiscal year in which the charitable organization solicited in this state, or by the date of any applicable extension of the federal filing date, whichever is later.”
Made by: CharityFile operator - Oct 14, 2026OH deadline rule: source quote replaced
Source: codes.ohio.gov · send source
“The annual registration statement shall be refiled on or before the fifteenth day of the fifth calendar month after the close of each fiscal year in which the charitable organization solicited in this state, or by the date of any applicable extension of the federal filing date, whichever is later.”
Made by: CharityFile operator
Sep 24, 2026
- Sep 24, 2026OH penalty: risk class unclassified → felony; grade quote added; grade source url none → https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1716.99; grade source cite none → ORC § 1716.99(A), (B)Made by: CharityFile operator
Sep 23, 2026
- Sep 23, 2026OH penalty: risk class misdemeanor → unclassifiedMade by: CharityFile operator
Sep 16, 2026
- Sep 16, 2026OH penalty: source cite ORC §1716.16(B), §1716.99 → ORC §1716.16(B)Made by: not recorded
Sep 15, 2026
- Sep 15, 2026OH required attachment: source url none → https://charitable.ohioago.gov/Charity-Registration/Publications/List-of-Annual-Report-Questions.pdf; source quote added; verification status unverified → verifiedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026OH required attachment: source url none → https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1716.04; source quote added; verification status unverified → verifiedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026OH required attachment: source url none → https://charitable.ohioago.gov/Charity-Registration; source quote added; verification status unverified → verifiedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026OH required attachment: source url none → https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1716.02; source quote added; verification status unverified → verifiedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026OH required attachment: source url none → https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1716.02; source quote added; verification status unverified → verifiedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026OH deadline rule: due event none → prior to soliciting gifts
Source: codes.ohio.gov · send source
“Every charitable organization, except those exempted under section 1716.03 of the Revised Code, that intends to solicit contributions in this state by any means or have contributions solicited in this state on its behalf by any other person, charitable organization, commercial co-venturer, or professional solicitor, or that participates in a charitable sales promotion, prior to engaging in any of these activities and annually thereafter, shall file a registration statement with the attorney general upon a form prescribed by the attorney general.”
Made by: not recorded - Sep 15, 2026OH fee schedule: source url https://www.ohiosos.gov/businesses/filing-forms--fee-schedule/ → https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-111.16; source quote replaced
Source: codes.ohio.gov · send source
“(O) For filing a statement of continued existence by a nonprofit corporation, twenty-five dollars;”
Made by: not recorded - Sep 15, 2026OH conditional duty added: condition kind charitable_trust; source url https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-109.31; verification status verifiedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026OH conditional duty added: condition kind charitable_trust; source url https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-109:1-1-02; verification status verifiedMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026OH deadline rule: display form name none → Registration Statement
Source: codes.ohio.gov · send source
“Every charitable organization, except those exempted under section 1716.03 of the Revised Code, that intends to solicit contributions in this state by any means or have contributions solicited in this state on its behalf by any other person, charitable organization, commercial co-venturer, or professional solicitor, or that participates in a charitable sales promotion, prior to engaging in any of these activities and annually thereafter, shall file a registration statement with the attorney general upon a form prescribed by the attorney general.”
Made by: not recorded - Sep 15, 2026OH required attachment: description Required based on contribution level → Annual financial report questions on the Attorney General form (shorter Step 1 when revenue and assets are both under $25,000).; condition description none → Full questions when revenue or assets are $25,000 or more.Made by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026OH required attachment: description Federal annual return → Copy of the IRS return filed for the year, if the organization files one.; is conditional 0 → 1; condition description none → An IRS return may satisfy the annual financial report; organizations that do not file an IRS financial return complete the Attorney General's financial questions instead.Made by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026OH required attachment: description Federal tax exemption letter → Federal tax exemption determination letter, or Affirmation of IRS Status Form if there is no letter.; is conditional 0 → 1; condition description none → Attach the federal determination letter when the charity has tax-exempt status; otherwise file the Attorney General Affirmation of IRS Status Form.Made by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026OH penalty: criminal scope organization → bothMade by: not recorded
- Sep 15, 2026OH exemption: description Educational institutions where solicitation is confined to alumni, faculty, trustees, or student membership and their families. Public primary/secondary schools where solicitation is confined to alumni, faculty, or the local school district population. Per ORC §1716.03(C) and (E). → Any educational institution, when solicitation of contributions is confined to alumni, faculty, trustees, or the student membership and their families (R.C. 1716.03(C)). Public primary or secondary schools confined to alumni, faculty, or the local district are 1716.03(E), a separate row.; source quote replaced
Source: codes.ohio.gov · send source
“Any educational institution, when solicitation of contributions is confined to alumni, faculty, trustees, or the student membership and their families;”
Made by: not recorded - Sep 15, 2026OH exemption: exemption type governmental_trust → governmental; description Governmental units (political subdivisions, agencies, departments) — exempt from charitable-trust registration under ORC §109.26. Note: §1716 solicitation registration has no standalone government exemption since government entities generally fall outside the §1716.01 "charitable organization" definition. → Any governmental unit: a political subdivision, agency, department, county, parish, municipal corporation, instrumentality or other unit of the government of the United States, a state, or a foreign country (OAC 109:1-1-02(B)(1)). This is not a R.C. 109.26 remainder-trust exemption.; source url https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-109.26 → https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-109:1-1-02; source quote replaced
Source: codes.ohio.gov · send source
“Any governmental unit. For purposes of this paragraph, "governmental unit" means a political subdivision, agency, department, county, parish, municipal corporation, instrumentality or other unit of the government of the United States, a state, or a foreign country.”
Made by: not recorded - Sep 15, 2026OH deadline rule: extension days 180 → none; extension months none → 6; extension notes Ohio AG auto-honors any IRS Form 8868 extension per §1716.02(A)(2): "or by the date of any applicable extension of the federal filing date, whichever is later." No separate state extension request required — IRS extension applies automatically. Mirrors FL pattern. → The annual financial report is due on the later of the 15th day of the fifth calendar month after fiscal year end or the federal filing date, including any applicable IRS extension (R.C. 1716.02(A)(2)). The Attorney General does not grant a separate state extension and does not take Form 8868 as a filing.; source quote replaced
Source: codes.ohio.gov · send source
“or by the date of any applicable extension of the federal filing date, whichever is later.”
Made by: not recorded
Applied migrations
August 2026
- Aug 11, 2026
- Aug 11, 2026Re-verificationOH verbatim recite
April 2026
- Apr 29, 2026
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