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non-governmental organization

organization independent of any government, usually created to aid those in need
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Summary

non-governmental organization is a legal form[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of legal form entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,173 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: nonprofit organization[3]
  • Commons category: Non-governmental organizations[4]
  • Said to be the same as: social organization[5]
  • Opposite of: government organization[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Non-governmental organizations[7]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: operator:type=ngo[8]
  • Partially coincident with: community organization[9]
  • Topic has template: Шаблон:Общественная организация[10]
  • Equivalent class: https://schema.org/NGO[11]
  • Short name: NVO[12], NGO[13], НДА[14], GKE[15]
  • Different from: intergovernmental organization[16]
  • Properties for this type: P2657[17], P17[18], P101[19], P159[20], P154[21], P571[22], P856[23]
  • Position held by head of the organization: chairperson[24]

Body

Influence

Things named for non-governmental organization include World NGO Day[25], a world day[26], founded in 2014[27].

Why It Matters

non-governmental organization has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 157 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for it include World NGO Day[25], a world day[26], founded in 2014[27].

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → non-governmental-organizations
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Determination method or standard: record linkage, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260984|batch #260984]]"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['oGH59', 'jAYlG']
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0246994-nevladni-instituce-a-organizace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0246994-nevladni-instituce-a-organizace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  4. 19w ago · Dronebogus · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Albert Meyer 4 Olympia 1896.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Albert Meyer 4 Olympia 1896.jpg"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → nonprofit organization
    Instance of → legal form
    Position held by head of the organization → chairperson
    Different from → intergovernmental organization
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ Yso id: 6405, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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