Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17510.9 · Article 1.3. Charitable Solicitations
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17510.9
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A charity engaged in any solicitation or sales solicitation for charitable purposes, that collected more than 50 percent of its annual income and more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) in charitable contributions from donors in this state during the previous calendar year, and that spent more than 25 percent of its annual income on “nonprogram activities,” which is defined as the sum of the expenditures specified in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), shall annually prepare and provide to the Attorney General’s Registry of Charities and Fundraisers three copies of a one-page document that provides the information required by subdivision (b). If the charity is subject to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12580) of Chapter 6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the document shall be submitted together with the charity’s report required by Section 12586 of the Government Code, and shall provide information consistent with that provided to the registry pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12580) of Chapter 6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(b) The contents of the document required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be established by the Attorney General in a manner consistent with the procedures set forth in this subdivision and in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 12586 of the Government Code, and shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) Total revenue and contributions received of the charity.
(2) The dollar amount and the percentage of total revenue and charitable contributions allocated to funding each of the following administrative functions:
(A) Total salaries of all persons employed by the charity.
(B) Fundraising.
(C) Travel expenses.
(D) Overhead and other expenses related to managing and administering the charity.
(E) The salaries of the five highest compensated persons employed by the charity.
(3) The dollar amount and percentage of total revenue and charitable contributions allocated to programs.
(c) Each charity subject to this section shall make available for distribution the document required pursuant to subdivision (a) following a request made in person, by telephone, or by mail. Each request shall be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope provided by the requester.
(d) The Attorney General shall make available for public review at the Registry of Charities and Fundraisers in Sacramento and in the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices of the Attorney General, the documents provided by charities pursuant to subdivision (a), and shall maintain these documents separately from other documents provided by charities pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12580) of Chapter 6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 478, Sec. 2. (AB 1756) Effective January 1, 2024.
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Government Code
- Gov. Code, tit. 2, div. 3, pt. 2, ch. 6, art. 7Supervision of Trustees and Fundraisers for Charitable Purposes ActPrinted as Article 7 (commencing with Section 12580) of Chapter 6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code
- Gov. Code, § 12586Printed as Section 12586 of the Government Code
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