(a) A charitable organization authorized under this chapter shall annually file a report verified by at least two (2) principal officers with the commissioner covering the preceding fiscal year. The report is due ninety (90) days after the close of the charity‘s fiscal year or at a later date approved by the commissioner. Alternatively, in lieu of a verified report, a charitable organization may submit an audited report within one hundred fifty (150) days after the close of the charity’s fiscal year or at a later date approved by the commissioner.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-52-106

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Annuity: means a contract or agreement, both with and without a life or mortality element, to make periodic payments, whether in fixed or variable dollar amounts, or both, at specified intervals. See Tennessee Code 56-52-102
  • Charitable gift annuity: means a transfer of cash, securities, annuities or other property by a donor to a charitable organization in return for an annuity issued by a charitable organization. See Tennessee Code 56-52-102
  • Charitable gift annuity separate account: means any segregated account established by a charitable organization to which the organization allocates cash, securities, annuities or other property transferred by a donor to the organization that are to be applied to the terms of a charitable gift annuity issued in connection with the transfer to fund benefits under the charitable gift annuity. See Tennessee Code 56-52-102
  • Charitable organization: means an entity described by:
    (A) Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ( Tennessee Code 56-52-102
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-52-102
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The report shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall include:

(1) A financial statement of the organization, including its balance sheet and receipts and disbursements for the preceding year;
(2) Any material changes in the information;
(3) The number of gift annuity contracts issued during the year, the number of gift annuity contracts as of the end of the year and the number of gift annuity contracts that terminated during the year;
(4) The amount of annuity payments made during the year and the amounts transferred from the charitable gift annuity separate account to the general account during the year; and
(5) Other information relating to the performance of the charitable gift annuities and charitable gift annuity separate account of the charitable organization necessary to enable the commissioner to:

(A) Issue certificates of authority;
(B) Ascertain maintenance of records;
(C) Evaluate solvency;
(D) Respond to consumer complaints; and
(E) Conduct hearings to determine compliance with this chapter.
(c) A copy of a report, containing the information required under subsection (b), that has been filed in the state of domicile of the charitable organization, or in any other state in which the charitable organization must file a report containing substantially the same information required by this chapter will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this section. The commissioner shall have the authority to request additional information.
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