To qualify for charity registration, the organisation has to comply with the following requirements under the Charities Act/regulations:

a)     The governing instruments provide for the purposes or objects of the organisation and the purposes or objects must be exclusively charitable;

b)     The organisation must have at least three governing board members, of whom at least two must be Singapore citizens or permanent residents; and

Purposes or objects of the organisation must be beneficial wholly or substantially to the community in Singapore.