Charitable organization is a legal entity whose charitable activity in one or more areas is the main purpose of its activity. Charitable activity is voluntary personal and/or property assistance to achieve certain goals, which does not provide for the benefactor’s profit, as well as the payment of any remuneration or compensation to the benefactor.
The spheres of charitable activity are, in particular, education, health care, assistance to victims of disasters, armed conflicts and accidents, as well as to refugees and persons in difficult life circumstances, guardianship and trusteeship, legal assistance, social protection, social security, social services and poverty alleviation, promotion of the country’s defense capability and mobilization readiness, protection of the population in emergency situations, etc.
A charitable organization can be established as
charitable society – at least two founders; acts on the basis of the charter; may have, in addition to the founders, other members who have joined it
charitable institution – the founders transfer assets to achieve the goals of charitable activities; the founder or founders of the charitable institution do not participate in the management of the charitable institution; acts on the basis of the constituent act;
charitable foundation – acts on the basis of the charter, has participants and is managed by participants who are not obliged to transfer any assets to this organization to achieve the goals of charitable activities; can be created by one or more founders.
What is required to register a charitable organization?
In general, the procedure does not differ from the registration of public associations, as we wrote above.
The difference is that the registration is carried out by the registrar of the Center for the provision of administrative services. Also, the list of documents for registration is partially different.
The following documents shall be submitted for state registration of a charitable organization
application for state registration (if necessary, with an indication of inclusion in the Register of non-profit institutions and organizations)
a copy of the decision to establish a charitable organization;
constituent document (charter or constituent act).