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The National Association of State Charities Officials and the National Association of Attorneys General developed a project to standardize, simplify, and economize the process of registration pursuant to the states' charitable solicitation laws. This project is manifested in the Unified Registration Statement (URS). The URS is part of a larger effort by these organizations to consolidate the information and data requirements of all states requiring registration by charitable organizations engaged in fundraising.

The URS effort consists of three phases: (1) compilation of an inventory of registration information demands from all of the states, (2) production of a format (or form) that incorporates all or most of these demands, and (3) encouragement of the states to accept this standardized format as an alternative to their own forms. This project is ongoing; at present, 36 states are participating in it. A number of states, however, request additional information, entailing supplementary forms.⁷⁷

The URS project addresses registration only. Once registered, even under this uniform approach, a fundraising charitable organization is on its own in connection with annual reporting. Nonetheless, a project is under way to produce a format for annual reporting with the states in the fundraising context.