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| − | The ISIC does not have a specific group or section for non-governmental organizations. Instead, these organizations are included in three broad categories: “Education,” “Health and Social Work,” and “Other Community, Social, and Personal Activities.” The “Health and Social Work” category “groups a broad range of social welfare activities from counseling to adoption assistance to rehabilitation assistance” (Salomon and Anheier 1992), while the “Other Community, Social, and Personal Activities" includes activities ranging “from trade unions to libraries, museums, and religious congregations.” (Salomon and Anheier 1992) The ISIC “excludes organizations that receive half or more of their income from fees or government support” (Salomon and Anheier 1992) due to which most US nonprofit hospitals and universities are not considered to be | + | The ISIC does not have a specific group or section for non-governmental organizations. Instead, these organizations are included in three broad categories: “Education,” “Health and Social Work,” and “Other Community, Social, and Personal Activities.” The “Health and Social Work” category “groups a broad range of social welfare activities from counseling to adoption assistance to rehabilitation assistance” (Salomon and Anheier 1992), while the “Other Community, Social, and Personal Activities" includes activities ranging “from trade unions to libraries, museums, and religious congregations.” (Salomon and Anheier 1992) The ISIC “excludes organizations that receive half or more of their income from fees or government support” (Salomon and Anheier 1992) due to which most US nonprofit hospitals and universities are not considered to be nongovernmental organizations under the classification scheme. |
Currently, the custodian of the ISIC is the Economics Statistics and Classification Section of the United Nations Statistics Division. The ISIC was last revised in 2002, and it is not reviewed periodically. | Currently, the custodian of the ISIC is the Economics Statistics and Classification Section of the United Nations Statistics Division. The ISIC was last revised in 2002, and it is not reviewed periodically. | ||
Revision as of 09:42, 4 August 2008
Contents
Introduction
There are four general schemes used to classify Non Governmental Organizations. These include:
- United Nations International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC)
- General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (NACE)
- National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE)
- International Classification of Nonprofit Organizations (ICNO)
These are commonly referred to using their acronyms provided above. This article will attempt to provide a comprehensive review of these classification schemes.
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