non-governmental organization

Summary

non-governmental organization is a legal form^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of legal_form entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,450 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• non-governmental organization's instance of is recorded as legal form^[3].
• non-governmental organization is a type of nonprofit organization^[4].
• non-governmental organization's Commons category is recorded as Non-governmental organizations^[5].
• non-governmental organization's said to be the same as is recorded as social organization^[6].
• non-governmental organization is the opposite of government organization^[7].
• non-governmental organization's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Non-governmental organizations^[8].
• non-governmental organization's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as operator:type=ngo^[9].
• non-governmental organization's partially coincident with is recorded as community organization^[10].
• non-governmental organization's topic has template is recorded as Q18881752^[11].
• non-governmental organization's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/NGO^[12].
• non-governmental organization's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'NVO'}^[13].
• non-governmental organization's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NGO'}^[14].
• non-governmental organization's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'be-tarask', 'text': 'НДА'}^[15].
• non-governmental organization's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'eu', 'text': 'GKE'}^[16].
• non-governmental organization's different from is recorded as intergovernmental organization^[17].
• non-governmental organization's properties for this type is recorded as P2657^[18].
• non-governmental organization's properties for this type is recorded as P17^[19].
• non-governmental organization's properties for this type is recorded as P101^[20].
• non-governmental organization's properties for this type is recorded as P159^[21].
• non-governmental organization's properties for this type is recorded as P154^[22].
• non-governmental organization's properties for this type is recorded as P571^[23].
• non-governmental organization's properties for this type is recorded as P856^[24].
• non-governmental organization's position held by head of the organization is recorded as chairperson^[25].

Body

Definition and Type

non-governmental organization's instance of is recorded as legal form^[3]. It is a type of nonprofit organization^[4]. It is the opposite of government organization^[7].

Influence

Things named for non-governmental organization include World NGO Day^[26], a world day^[27], founded in 2014^[28].

Why It Matters

non-governmental organization ranks in the top 1% of legal_form entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,450 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] It is known by 128 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]

Entities named for it include World NGO Day^[26], a world day^[27], founded in 2014^[28].