Portuguese Foundation - Renewal of the public utility status

Portuguese foundations can request the renewal of the 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.

Service channels

  • Request online

    Apply for renewal of public utility status

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.

Additional Data

Territorial Scope
Foundations with a national, regional or local scope. Note: Excludes foundations that carry out their activity exclusively in one of the Autonomous Regions. 

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/