RI professional fundraiser bonds.
$150 flat.
A Rhode Island professional fundraiser (fund raiser) registers with the Department of Business Regulation and files a $10,000 bond under the charitable solicitation act (R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 5-53.1). Ours is $150 flat — the same for everyone. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Charitable-solicitation bonds are simple license bonds. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. No financials, and no credit section in the application.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount license bonds like this often issue right after purchase — at most 1–2 business days.
File with the Dept. of Business Regulation
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your fundraiser registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Rhode Island regulates charitable solicitation under R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 5-53.1, administered by the Department of Business Regulation's charities and securities section. A professional fund raiser — anyone who, for compensation, plans, manages, conducts, or assists with a solicitation for charitable purposes — must register and post security.
The bond is a $10,000 surety bond filed with the registration. It protects the public and the charities a fundraiser works for against losses from the fundraiser's malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in conducting solicitation activity.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a valid claim, you repay the surety. The bond stays in force until canceled, and the Department can terminate or cancel it; a fundraiser who handles donations honestly treats the bond as a registration formality.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information.
Start the application →Common questions.
Other Rhode Island bonds.
Finish your fundraiser registration today.
$150 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.