Non-governmental organization

A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an organization that is not part of a government and was not founded by states. NGOs are therefore typically independent of governments. Although the definition can technically include for-profit corporations, the term is generally restricted to social, cultural, legal, and environmental advocacy groups having goals that are noncommercial, primarily. NGOs are usually non-profit organizations that gain at least a portion of their funding from private sources. Current usage of the term is generally associated with the United Nations and authentic NGOs are those that are so designated by the UN.

List of NGOs

• Campaign or issue organizations
• AEGEE
• AIESEC
• Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics
• American Civil Liberties Union
• Amnesty International
• ARTICLE 19
• Attac
• Bellona Foundation
• Borgen Project
• Catholics for a Free Choice
• Cluster Munition Coalition (Alliance of approximately 80 NGOs)
• Council of Canadians
• Ecoles Sans Frontières (Schools Without Borders)
• EUFPC European Foreign Policy Council
• Front d'action politique en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU)
• Greenpeace
• Human Rights Watch
• IAESTE
• Institute for International Assistance and Solidarity (IFIAS)
• Inter-American Economic Council
• JCI - (Junior Chamber International)
• JUSTICE
• Oxfam
• People & Planet
• Refugees International
• Seeds of Peace
• SOS Children
• STS Relay
• Transparency International
• World Development Movement
• WWF
• Capacity-building support organizations
• Sadhana Village
• Village Earth
• International, General-Purpose Infrastructure Organizations
• World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO)
• Domestic charitable organizations
• Lions Clubs International
• International relief and international development organizations (PVOs)
• Aga Khan Development Network
• ASSIST a.s.b.l.
• CARE
• Catholic Relief Services
• Chemists Without Borders
• Christina Noble Children's Foundation
• Engineers Without Borders
• German Church School Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• The Hunger Project
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• International Rescue Committee
• IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
• Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
• Mercy Corps
• Trócaire
• WaterAid
• World Vision
• Information technology policy
• FFII
• Free Software Foundation
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Networks
• International Freedom of Expression Exchange
• international pen friends
• Vision Youth Action
• Quasi-autonomous non-government organisations
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which is a marginal case. It defines itself as an NGO, but is a network of the government standards agencies of 147 countries.
• W3C
• Trade associations and industry funded interest groups
• Americans for Balanced Energy Choices, a non-profit lobby organization funded by the US coal industry
• The California Raisin Marketing Board
• Treaty organizations (Independent organizations that act very much like NGOs, but are established and mandated by international treaties)
• International Committee of the Red Cross