08.00.05 SOCIALLY-ORIENTED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE IVANOVO REGION)

Abstract

Abstract

The work of socially oriented non-profit organizations (SO NPOs) is to solve various problems of social protection of citizens: legal assistance, as well as activities in the fields of health, education, culture, sports, meeting spiritual and other non-material needs of people, etc. A sociological study of the state of the non-profit sector was conducted in the Ivanovo region, 98 representatives of non-profit organizations of various fields of activity (sports, culture, social services) took part in the survey. In addition, 15 experts were involved in this study: 5 representatives of the Business sector; 5 representatives of the authorities; 5 representatives of the academic community, whose interests are somehow connected with the activities of NGOs. In general, describing the object of the study, we can say that Ivanovo regional NGOs are companies with different internal structures, whose financing is mainly based on grant competitions and subsidies from the regional budget, i.e. indirect or direct state support. Business sees problems with NGOs in management, insufficient qualifications, lack of scale of activity and a certain avoidance of responsibility. The lack of a clear basis for the interaction of NGOs and businesses runs like a "red thread" through the entire study. The interaction of the non-profit sector and the state is the most steadily developing area, where today there are representative results. The main reference point for regional NGOs was and remains the reliance on the help of the state and municipalities.