MN professional fund-raiser bonds.
$600. Five minutes.
Minnesota requires a professional fund-raiser that has custody of or access to charitable contributions to file a $20,000 bond with the Attorney General under Minn. Stat. 309.531. Ours is $600 flat — 3% of the bond amount — and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License-style bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your registration
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your registration statement at the Attorney General’s Charities Division. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$20,000 bond × 3% = $600, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Minnesota regulates charitable solicitation through the Attorney General’s Charities Division under Minn. Stat. ch. 309. A professional fund-raiser — a paid solicitor that handles donations — must register, and if it has custody of or access to contributions, its registration must include a $20,000 bond under Minn. Stat. 309.531.
The fund-raiser is the principal obligor, and the bond runs to the state and to any person with a cause of action against the fund-raiser for liabilities arising out of its solicitation activities or a violation of the charitable solicitation statutes. It protects donors and charities against a fund-raiser that mishandles the money it collects.
The bond must stay in effect for the full term of the registration, and it may be a rider to a larger blanket liability bond. It is not insurance for the fund-raiser — if the surety pays a claim, the fund-raiser repays the surety. We keep your $20,000 filing continuous and notify you 60 and 30 days before renewal.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn’t have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your charities registration today.
$600 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.