NGOs, NGDOs and CBOs
An NGO is . . . an independent, flexible, democratic,secular, non-profit people's organization working for and/or assisting in the empowerment of economically and socially, marginalized groups.Many of the terms listed below represent a soul-searching on the part of NGOs to define themselves in terms of their organizational and operational frameworks:
- CBO: Community Based Organization
- DONGO: Donor Organized Non-governmental Organization
- GONGO: Government Organized Non-Governmental Organization
- NGO: Non-Governmental Organizations
- NGDO: Non-Governmental Development Organization
- NPO: Non-profit Organization
- PDO: Private Development Organization
- PSO: Public Service Organization
- PVO: Private Voluntary Organization
- QANGO: Quasi Non-governmental Organization
- VALG: Voluntary Agency/Organization
- VO: Voluntary Organization
- Source:
- Multiple sources, cited in different articles, brochures and websites.
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