Institutional support and resource coordination for state enforcement

National Association of Attorneys General

The National Association of Attorneys General is a member association that supports attorneys-general offices through training, research, coordination and enforcement resources. It also administers specified settlement-derived funds and has an agreed investigative-cost reimbursement allocation in the July 2026 Block resolution.

Resources and a specific reimbursement

NAAG's FAQ identifies member-service fees, registration receipts and settlement-origin investment proceeds as operating sources. Oregon's July 2026 Block text allocates $264,153.73 to NAAG for participating states' investigative costs, inside the same $45 million state pool; receipt was not established. The separate Mission Foundation's 2024 return reports $5,192,939 of other support and $0 monetary support to NAAG. Other support is not a cash transfer or the association's entire budget. A thirteen-AG Executive Committee governs the association.

What the records show

BlockNational Association of Attorneys General

agreed investigation-expense reimbursement allocation

State-specific agreed texts stipulate effective 8 July 2026. Party assent observed; judicial entry and subsequent changes/performance unverified.

Oregon48 allocates USD 264,153.73 from the same USD 45m state pool to NAAG for participating states investigation costs/expenses, by wire using Oregon instructions. Agreed entitlement, not observed payment, a separate fine, named judgment creditor or proof of allocation to any fund or letter campaign. Financial details: value: 264,153.73; currency: USD; kind: agreed reimbursement allocation inside USD 45m pool; not additional or paid; period: July 2026 agreement; stated payment within 30 days

NAAG Policy Letter Process — May 2026National Association of Attorneys General

sets 36-state threshold for association distribution

Version May 2026; exact effective day unknown.

At 36 signatory states NAAG letterhead, coordinated releases and electronic transmission; below threshold, states receive signed letter with sponsor seals and disseminate themselves. Distribution threshold, not legislative/court authority or proof of historical votes.

National Association of Attorneys GeneralNAAG Policy Letter Process — May 2026

publishes sponsorship and circulation requirements

Version May 2026; exact adoption day unknown.

May 2026 process requires at least two Democratic/two Republican sponsors, a draft and colleague letter, named contacts and deadline at least 10 business days ahead. Any edit requires new circulation and voids prior signatures. Not proof of August 2025 drafting steps.

National Association of Attorneys General22 August 2025 NCII payment-platform letter

appears as letterhead and coordinating identity

Letter dated 22 August 2025; announcement 26 August. Actual dispatch/receipt and response not acquired.

Original visibly bears NAAG letterhead and 2025 officers/staff. That establishes institutional presentation; actual drafting, funding, dispatch and jurisdiction sign-off record remain not obtained. May 2026 procedure is not backdated as proof.

NAAG Executive CommitteeNational Association of Attorneys General

governs funds, property and management per current page

Current organization page observed 9 September 2026; adoption and historical application not established.

Current description gives 13-AG Executive Committee organizational governance, distinct finance/audit oversight and executive staffing. Does not give NAAG command over every state investigation or imply current people approved past grants.

National Association of Attorneys GeneralCurrent consolidated consumer/charity fund committee

describes separate fund-oversight committee

Current organization page observed 9 September 2026; adoption and historical application not established.

Current seven-person committee has consumer-protection/charity enforcement and training remit. Page does not supply approval threshold, Cash App allocation or amendment mapping the older three-/five-AG special committees to it.

Financial Services and Consumer Protection FundNational Association of Attorneys General

authorizes annual administration fee at fiscal close

MOU effective 31 October 2012; later amendments and present committee applicability unknown.

MOU authorizes 1.0% of total fund value at NAAG fiscal-year close. Current balance, fee application and payment not obtained; unlike VW, no dissolution-to-General-Fund clause is imported.

VW Settlement Fund — 2016 rulesNational Association of Attorneys General

authorizes inception and annual administration fee

2016 rules approval year; exact day and later amendments/current committee applicability unknown.

2016 rules authorize 1.0% of total fund value at inception and annually, covering administration/third-party costs. Rate authorization, not a calculated current fee or observed payment.

From the investigation

Where money goes, and what must not be double-counted

Oregon ¶48 expressly allocates USD 264,153.73 out of the same USD 45 million to the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), as reimbursement for certain costs and expenses of the participating states' investigation. It directs wire payment using Oregon AG instructions. This is a specific institutional reimbursement entitlement in the signed settlement text. It is neither a separate additional fine nor evidence that NAAG controlled the legal findings, and no bank/recipient payment record was read.

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Identity and accounting boundary

An IRS-hosted original 2024 return separately identifies National Association of Attorneys General Mission Foundation Inc, EIN 30-0088843. PDF1 states a calendar 2024 period, 501(c)(3) status and education/research/training purpose benefiting NAAG members. Its return signature date is 14 November 2025, not an independently established public-release date. Schedule A, PDF16, identifies a Type I supporting organization, sole supported organization NAAG, EIN 52-1322260, with monetary support of $0 and other support of $5,192,939. These are the Foundation's reported support categories; other support is not a cash payment and neither figure is an association-wide budget. Schedule R, PDF44, also lists NAAG as a related exempt organization. The form's tax categories should not be repurposed as a complete operational-control map.

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Further reading

July 2026 multistate AG / Block resolution

Public officials ask payment networks to use private rules

NAAG settlement resources: bounded finance return

NAAG: who organizes, approves and supplies collective capacity

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What the connections say

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Blockagreed investigation-expense reimbursement allocationNational Association of Attorneys General

State-specific agreed texts stipulate effective 8 July 2026. Party assent observed; judicial entry and subsequent changes/performance unverified.

Oregon48 allocates USD 264,153.73 from the same USD 45m state pool to NAAG for participating states investigation costs/expenses, by wire using Oregon instructions. Agreed entitlement, not observed payment, a separate fine, named judgment creditor or proof of allocation to any fund or letter campaign.

Financial details: value: 264,153.73; currency: USD; kind: agreed reimbursement allocation inside USD 45m pool; not additional or paid; period: July 2026 agreement; stated payment within 30 days

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NAAG Executive Committeegoverns funds, property and management per current pageNational Association of Attorneys General

Current organization page observed 9 September 2026; adoption and historical application not established.

Current description gives 13-AG Executive Committee organizational governance, distinct finance/audit oversight and executive staffing. Does not give NAAG command over every state investigation or imply current people approved past grants.

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National Association of Attorneys Generaldescribes separate fund-oversight committeeCurrent consolidated consumer/charity fund committee

Current organization page observed 9 September 2026; adoption and historical application not established.

Current seven-person committee has consumer-protection/charity enforcement and training remit. Page does not supply approval threshold, Cash App allocation or amendment mapping the older three-/five-AG special committees to it.

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National Association of Attorneys Generaldescribes grants, expertise and collaboration supportNAAG member AG offices

Current organization page observed 9 September 2026; adoption and historical application not established.

Reported by the cited source

Member services and CCP describe investigation/prosecution expenses, legal consulting, training, research and communications. CCP directs consumers to state complaint portals and cannot resolve complaints itself. Specific grant, investigator or letter expenditure not established.

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NAAG member AG officessupply service fees under stated operating modelNational Association of Attorneys General

Current organization page observed 9 September 2026; adoption and historical application not established.

Reported by the cited source

FAQ identifies member service fees, registration receipts and settlement-origin investment proceeds as operating sources, with stewarded funds separated/restricted. No annual audited denominator, contribution amount or Cash App-specific deposit. Stated no-corporate-donation policy is not a transaction audit.

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2016 VW partial-settlement allocation as described in rulesrules describe specified settlement allocationNational Association of Attorneys General

2016 rules approval year; exact day and later amendments/current committee applicability unknown.

Reported by the cited source

2016 VW rules recite a USD 20m settlement provision for consumer-protection oversight, training/enforcement and investigation reimbursement. Underlying settlement receipts not obtained; this is neither current balance nor a contribution tied to the Cash App/NCII matters.

Financial details: value: 20,000,000; currency: USD; kind: settlement provision described in 2016 fund rules; receipt unverified; period: June 2016 partial settlement as recited

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Financial Services and Consumer Protection Fundauthorizes annual administration fee at fiscal closeNational Association of Attorneys General

MOU effective 31 October 2012; later amendments and present committee applicability unknown.

MOU authorizes 1.0% of total fund value at NAAG fiscal-year close. Current balance, fee application and payment not obtained; unlike VW, no dissolution-to-General-Fund clause is imported.

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NAAG Mission Foundation Inc.reports other support to its sole supported organizationNational Association of Attorneys General

Calendar tax year 2024; return signed 14 November 2025, release date unestablished.

Reported by the cited source

Foundation 2024 Schedule A names NAAG, reports USD 0 monetary support and USD 5,192,939 other support; Schedule R lists related organization. Other support is not cash and this is not association-wide budget or complete operational-control proof.

Financial details: value: 5,192,939; currency: USD; kind: Foundation-reported other support; not cash payment; period: Calendar 2024

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National Association of Attorneys Generalpublishes sponsorship and circulation requirementsNAAG Policy Letter Process — May 2026

Version May 2026; exact adoption day unknown.

May 2026 process requires at least two Democratic/two Republican sponsors, a draft and colleague letter, named contacts and deadline at least 10 business days ahead. Any edit requires new circulation and voids prior signatures. Not proof of August 2025 drafting steps.

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NAAG Policy Letter Process — May 2026sets 36-state threshold for association distributionNational Association of Attorneys General

Version May 2026; exact effective day unknown.

At 36 signatory states NAAG letterhead, coordinated releases and electronic transmission; below threshold, states receive signed letter with sponsor seals and disseminate themselves. Distribution threshold, not legislative/court authority or proof of historical votes.

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National Association of Attorneys Generalappears as letterhead and coordinating identity22 August 2025 NCII payment-platform letter

Letter dated 22 August 2025; announcement 26 August. Actual dispatch/receipt and response not acquired.

Original visibly bears NAAG letterhead and 2025 officers/staff. That establishes institutional presentation; actual drafting, funding, dispatch and jurisdiction sign-off record remain not obtained. May 2026 procedure is not backdated as proof.

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