Editing Non-governmental organization (section)

=== Funding ===
NGOs are usually funded by donations, but some avoid formal funding and are run by volunteers. NGOs may have [[Charitable organization|charitable status]], or may be [[tax-exempt]] in recognition of their social, political, religious, or other purposes. Since the end of [[World War II]], NGOs have had an increased role in [[international development]],<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Werker|first1=Eric|last2=Ahmed|first2=Faisal Z.|year=2008|title=What Do Nongovernmental Organizations Do?|journal=Journal of Economic Perspectives|volume=22|issue=2|pages=74–75|doi=10.1257/jep.22.2.73|doi-access=free}}</ref> particularly in the fields of humanitarian assistance and poverty alleviation.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Werker|first1=Eric|last2=Ahmed|first2=Faisal Z.|year=2008|title=What Do Nongovernmental Organizations Do?|journal=Journal of Economic Perspectives|volume=22|issue=2|page=74|doi=10.1257/jep.22.2.73|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Funding sources include membership dues, the sale of [[Product (business)|goods]] and services, grants from international institutions or national governments, [[corporate social responsibility]] (CSR) funds and private donations. Although the term "non-governmental organization" implies [[independence]] from governments, many NGOs depend on government funding;<ref name="global" /> one-fourth of [[Oxfam]]'s US$162 million 1998 income was donated by the British government and the EU, and [[World Vision United States]] collected $55 million worth of goods in 1998 from the American government. Several EU grants provide funds accessible to NGOs.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

Government funding of NGOs is controversial, since "the whole point of humanitarian intervention was precise that NGOs and civil society had both a right and an obligation to respond with acts of aid and solidarity to people in need or being subjected to repression or want by the forces that controlled them, whatever the governments concerned might think about the matter."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tnr.com/article/world/75421/ng-uh-o |title=NG-Uh-O – The trouble with humanitarianism |author=David Rieff |date=10 June 2010 |newspaper=The New Republic |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405060147/https://newrepublic.com/article/75421/ng-uh-o |archive-date= Apr 5, 2023 }}</ref> Some NGOs, such as [[Greenpeace]], do not accept funding from governments or intergovernmental organizations.<ref name="HBS">{{cite web |author=Sarah Jane Gilbert |author2=Ramon Casadesus-Masanell |author3=Jordan Mitchell |url=http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5797.html |title= HBS Cases: The Value of Environmental Activists |publisher=Harvard Business School Working Knowledge |date=8 September 2008 |access-date=20 December 2011 |archive-date=10 October 2009 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091010181022/http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5797.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="GP Annual report 2008">{{cite web |url=http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/international-annualreport-2008.pdf |title=08 Annual Report |publisher=Greenpeace |access-date=24 December 2013 |archive-date=30 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230012105/http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/international-annualreport-2008.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The 1999 budget of the American Association of Retired Persons ([[AARP]]) was over $540 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/12687/edition_id/245/format/html/displaystory.html|title=Poll shows power of AIPAC drops slightly|date=19 December 1999|publisher=Jewish News Weekly of Northern California|access-date=25 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033138/http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/12687/edition_id/245/format/html/displaystory.html |archive-date= Sep 30, 2007 }}</ref>

In America, government funding of NGOs relating to immigration is common, and is one of the stated methods the Office of Refugee Resettlement uses to help integrate immigrants to America.<ref>{{cite web |title=GENERAL BACKGROUND |url=https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/grant-funding/division-refugee-services |website=OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT |publisher=Administration for children and families. |access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref> Government funding sometimes accounts for the vast majority of overall funding for these NGOs, for example Global Refuge received 180 million dollars of its 207 million dollar budget from federal funding.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lutheran Immigration And Refugee Service |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/132574854/202312069349300221/full |website=ProPublica |date=9 May 2013 |access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref> In recent years, government contracts to non-profits have exploded both in number and size. The Budget for the Office of Refugee Resettlement has increased from 1.8 billion in 2018 to 6.3 billion in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Report claims nonprofits in Texas, Arizona are making billions off the migrant crisis |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/report-claims-nonprofits-in-texas-arizona-are-making-billions-off-the-migrant-crisis/ar-BB1mopq1 |website=MSN |access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref> Critics point to the million-dollar salaries of CEOS and the use of funds for "music therapy" and "pet therapy" as a worrying sign that the money might not be appropriated to help the migrant crisis, but rather as a political move to keep wealthy backers loyal.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}