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The following is a list of the major existing intergovernmental organizations (IGOs). For a more complete listing, see the Yearbook of International Organizations , [ 1 ] which includes 25,000 international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), excluding for-profit enterprises, about 5,000 IGOs, and lists dormant and dead organizations as ...
Non-profit organisations based in Chile (1 C, 10 P) Non-profit organizations based in China (5 C, 13 P) Non-profit organisations based in Colombia (1 C, 4 P)
The first time that non-governmental organizations were granted consultative status was in 1946, when 41 organizations were chosen. [3] By 1996, over 1000 NGO's were granted consultative status, and by the year 2000, there were 2050. [4] As of August 2021, there are a total of 5,591 organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC.
Examples of NGO mandates are environmental preservation, human rights promotions or the advancement of women. NGOs are typically not-for-profit, but receive funding from companies or membership fees. [5] Many large INGOs have components of operational projects and advocacy initiatives working together within individual countries.
International environmental organizations (10 C, 194 P) International medical and health organizations (9 C, 295 P) International scientific organizations (20 C, 202 P)
This is a list of wealthiest charitable foundations worldwide. It consists of the 50 largest charitable foundations, private foundations engaged in philanthropy, and other charitable organizations such as charitable trusts that have disclosed their assets. In many countries, asset disclosure is not legally required or made public.
According to the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations, more than 86 percent should be spent on programs (less than 20 percent on overhead). [32] The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has guidelines of five to seven percent overhead to receive funding; [ 33 ] the World Bank typically allows 37 percent. [ 34 ]
Defunct international non-governmental organizations (3 C, 11 P) B. Bilderberg Meeting (1 C, 15 P) I. ... World Committee for a World Constitutional Convention;