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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nongovernmental organization, NGOnoun

    an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government

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  1. ngo

    A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in humanitarianism or the social sciences; they can also include clubs and associations that provide services to their members and others. Surveys indicate that NGOs have a high degree of public trust, which can make them a useful proxy for the concerns of society and stakeholders. However, NGOs can also be lobby groups for corporations, such as the World Economic Forum. NGOs are distinguished from international and intergovernmental organizations (IOs) in that the latter are more directly involved with sovereign states and their governments. The term as it is used today was first introduced in Article 71 of the newly-formed United Nations' Charter in 1945. While there is no fixed or formal definition for what NGOs are, they are generally defined as nonprofit entities that are independent of governmental influence—although they may receive government funding. According to the UN Department of Global Communications, an NGO is "a not-for profit, voluntary citizen's group that is organized on a local, national or international level to address issues in support of the public good". The term NGO is used inconsistently, and is sometimes used synonymously with civil society organization (CSO), which is any association founded by citizens. In some countries, NGOs are known as nonprofit organizations, and political parties and trade unions are sometimes considered NGOs as well.NGOs are classified by (1) orientation—the type of activities an NGO undertakes, such as activities involving human rights, consumer protection, environmentalism, health, or development; and (2) level of operation, which indicates the scale at which an organization works: local, regional, national, or international.Russia had about 277,000 NGOs in 2008. India is estimated to have had about 2 million NGOs in 2009 (approximately one per 600 Indians), many more than the number of the country's primary schools and health centers. The United States, by comparison, has approximately 1.5 million NGOs.

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  1. ngo

    An NGO, or Non-Governmental Organization, is a non-profit group that operates independently of any government and is usually established to address specific societal, social, environmental, or political issues. These organizations work at both local and international levels, providing service and aid, enhancing welfare, promoting causes, and advocating for policies, typically in areas where government initiatives may be insufficient.

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    What does NGO stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the NGO acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. NGO

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ngo is ranked #1062 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Ngo surname appeared 33,005 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 11 would have the surname Ngo.

    96.4% or 31,837 total occurrences were Asian.
    1.6% or 558 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.9% or 304 total occurrences were White.
    0.6% or 215 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ngo in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ngo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of ngo in a Sentence

  1. Matthias Kiener:

    External auditors, unlike [counter-fraud] officers, are not necessarily looking for evidence of fictitious receipts or inappropriate spending in the field, sometimes the due diligence is not done. That might be because many charities are founded on the principle of trust. An NGO might be reluctant to ask tough questions of some of those it employs.

  2. Ben Lee:

    It is extremely easy to obtain a casino license in Local NGO Mother Nature Cambodia, to get one, all you need is to prove you have a parcel of land and to pay an application fee to the Cambodian ministry of finance, which is in charge of overseeing casinos.

  3. Sanjay Podder:

    The problem in India is one of scale - there is only so much that an NGO can do in terms of reach, to address social problems, technology is not just nice to have, it is necessary.

  4. Chris Skopec:

    As an NGO, we can't just go into a massive medical supply vendor and purchase their goods in Poland and send them to Ukraine, and that's smart of them. ... They can't support and sustain -- and were never designed to -- the entire medical supply chain of Ukraine today.

  5. Troy Collings:

    Quarantines will be lifted for most NGO workers and diplomats resident in the country and tours will be allowed to resume in the next couple of days.

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