As the name suggests, non-profit organizations do not aim to make a profit. It is amazing how many such organizations exist in our time, and what a wide range of activities they are engaged in.
Third sector
All organizations in Russia are divided into three sectors. The first sector is public. It includes government bodies and other organizations. The second is commercial. It includes a variety of CJSCs, OJSCs and other manufacturing and non-manufacturing companies that profit from their activities. The third sector is non-profit organizations. It is non-governmental and non-governmental. For the most part, this sector is made up of various associations and foundations, which, as a rule, are engaged in charity. Their activities are often aimed at improving society and helping people, achieving any social goals. Unlike government organizations, these companies can be created by any person, and they work either for wages, or volunteers - volunteers whose work is not paid. Various non-profit organizations receive their livelihoods and activities from funding, loans, contributions and donations from caring people and companies, as well as government grants.
Types of non-profit organizations
In addition to purely non-profit organizations, there are also hybrid forms. For example, companies with partial responsibility or those that receive a certain amount of revenue from their activities, but, nevertheless, do not make this their primary goal.
In general, there are more than thirty types of non-profit organizations in Russia. Usually, from their name, the general picture of what exactly this or that community is doing is quite clear. Some of them perform the same function, but differ in name. The main types of third sector organizations: autonomous non-profit organization, charitable organization, state corporation and company, Cossack society, religious organization, association and union, advocacy, public association (political parties, social movements and institutions and others), condominium (partnership of homeowners), a mutual insurance society, territorial public self-government bodies, a consumer cooperative, a chamber of commerce and industry, an autonomous institution, various funds, horticultural, dacha and agricultural associations, non-profit partnerships, employers' associations, a national or natural park, a state reserve and many others. Despite the independence of such organizations, they are still separately regulated by the relevant legislation. In general, there are more than twenty regulations and laws that establish the rules for the activities of non-profit organizations.
