The CFTC Charitable Organization Exemption Act of 2025 exempts qualified charitable organizations from federal registration and regulatory requirements that normally apply to commodity trading advisors and pool operators. The bill allows charitable organizations, their employees, and volunteers to provide commodity trading advice and manage investment pools without registering with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), provided their activities are conducted solely for the charity itself or related investment vehicles. The exemption is narrowly tailored—it applies only when charitable organizations conduct these activities internally and does not relieve them of obligations under securities laws or disclosure requirements under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The bill also preserves an existing exemption for small commodity trading advisors (those advising fewer than 15 persons) and SEC-registered investment advisers whose primary business is not commodity trading. No new funding or implementation timelines are specified in the legislation.
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