non-governmental organization

== English == === Noun === non-governmental organization (plural non-governmental organizations, abbreviation NGO) A legally constituted non-commercial organization (created by natural or legal persons) with no direct control, participation or representation of a state or government, whose funding, however, may be largely public (which creates the possibility of indirect control). Antonym: governmental organization ==== Hypernyms ==== organization ==== Translations ==== === See also === third sector === Further reading === non-governmental organization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia