Hundreds of state-funded nonprofit organizations that had been late filing required reports are now in compliance with the law, State Auditor Les Merritt said Monday.
Merritt notified about 1,100 organizations in April that they had been late filing reports. By Friday almost 900 of them had sent the reports in, he said in a press release. After the mailings last month, Merritt’s staff followed up with phone calls explaining the state’s reporting requirements, he said.
“The response we have gotten confirms what I had thought all along—that the vast majority of nonprofit organizations want to comply with the law, but simply are unaware of the reporting requirements,” Merritt said.
He said some of the nonprofits had filed their reports with the state agencies that had funded them, but not with his office.
Organizations that receive $15,000 to $300,000 from the state must file an “activities and accomplishments” report every year, as well as a sworn statement of receipts and expenditures. Nonprofits that receive more than $300,000 must also turn in a certified audit.
The reports were due March 31. Merritt said 199 organizations had still failed to file the required information.