Official registers
Checking a zakat charity on the official registers
Every country with registered charities lets you look them up for free.
Checking a zakat charity on the register
Search its name or number on the official register for the country it is registered in. The number on its appeal should match.
Check this year’s nisab threshold before you work out what you owe.
Official charity registers
| Country | Register |
|---|---|
| England and Wales | Charity Commission |
| Scotland | OSCR |
| Northern Ireland | Charity Commission for Northern Ireland |
| Ireland | Charities Regulator |
| United States | IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search |
| Canada | Canada Revenue Agency list of charities |
| Australia | ACNC Charity Register |
| New Zealand | Charities Register |
What the register cannot tell you
Whether its zakat policy is sound. The register shows accounts and trustees; the zakat policy shows where zakat goes. For reading UK accounts, see Muslim Charity Organizations, and for working out zakat, Muslims Around the World.