Portuguese Foundation - request 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 gov.pt 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

Procedure and requirements

Procedure

  • submission of the request in the gov.pt portal 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.

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.

Competent Entity

Secretaria-Geral da Presidência de Conselho de Ministros