Portuguese Foundation - request for public utility status
Service channels
- Request online
Apply for public utility status
Portuguese foundations can request the attribution of public utility status.
This service is only available through the reserved area of the ePortugal portal.
Note: The Portuguese associations and cooperatives and the permanent representations of foundations or other non-profit foreign legal persons must make the requests in the corresponding services.
Procedure and requirements
Procedure
- submission of the request in ePortugal and start of the process by the legal representative of the entity
- analysis of the process by the SGPCM
- (possible) preliminary rejection
- (eventual) request for additional opinions from competent entities in the area of activity of the requesting entity
- (eventual) request for improvement of the request
- proposal for a decision
- decision by the competent Government member
- publication of the decision in the Official Gazette, when favourable.
Time of issue/decision
Additional Data
Territorial Scope
Portuguese foundations with activities at national, regional or local level. Note: Excludes foundations that carry out their activity exclusively in one of the Autonomous Regions.
Legislation, refusals, contests, claims
Legislation
Means of opposition/Complaint to the Ombudsman
Competent Entity
Secretaria-Geral da Presidência de Conselho de Ministros
Address: Rua Professor Gomes Teixeira, n.º 2 1399-022 LISBOA
Phone number: 213 927 600
Email address: sec-geral@sg.pcm.gov.pt
Web url: https://www.sg.pcm.gov.pt/