NCNP: 6,300 non-profit organizations registered by June-end

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The National Center for Non-Profit Sector (NCNP) announced the registration of six charitable associations and two foundations across various priority development fields Kingdom-wide last June.

This brought the total number of registered non-profit organizations (NPOs) to 6,348 by the end of the month, NCNP said in a statement.

During the same month, as many as 250 licenses were issued for fundraising activities on behalf of NPOs.

Moreover, NCNP took decisions against several NPOs and individuals for violations of relevant laws and regulations.

In detail, this included four warnings against some charitable associations. This is besides the dismissal of the board of directors of one charitable association and the temporarily suspension of an employee from working in the non-profit sector.

NCNP, also in June, ratified four violations against individuals for unauthorized fundraising, handled 39 reports of donation violations, conducted 10 investigation sessions, and referred 21 commercial entities, three influencers, and 26 websites to the competent authorities.