Charity Registration Atlas
How hard it is to register a charity in 202 jurisdictions, judged for a founder living in Australia with no ties to the country, plus whether you can open a personal bank account there as a non-resident. Stack as many filters as you like, rank by what matters to you, and tick countries to benchmark them side by side.
Benchmark
Cmp # Country Fit Difficulty Remote founding Fee (US$) Time Charity bank Personal acct Personal remote? Acct fees/yr Foreign funding Google NP
Source: charities_by_country_v2.csv , researched against registries, gazettes and NGO-law texts, re-verified October 2026. Difficulty and remote founding are judged for an Australian-resident founder with no local presence.
Filters: click an option once to include it, twice to exclude it, and a third time to clear it. Included options inside one group widen the match (any of them); separate groups narrow it (all must hold); excluded options are always left out. The number on each option is how many countries you would get by adding it. Fee uses the lowest US$ figure in each country's fee note; a few notes include agent or notary costs, so read the full note. Time uses the shortest stated duration. Countries with no published fee or time fail a fee or time limit and rank last. "Best overall" weighs difficulty, remote founding, Google for Nonprofits eligibility and research confidence; "Your weights" uses the sliders. Bank-account groups are read from the research notes: "remote option" means at least one bank or licensed e-money provider onboards non-residents without a visit. "Personal account" is a separate question: whether a non-resident foreign individual (no local visa or address) can open a personal account at a licensed local bank; fintech options are listed in each dossier but don't count.
This is research, not legal advice. Confirm with the registry before filing. Grey areas on the map are dependent territories (Puerto Rico, New Caledonia, the Faroe Islands and others); charities there register under the parent country's law, so use that country's entry.