History Main / NonGovernmentalOrganization

* The Aeon Society, later Aeon Trinity, in Creator/WhiteWolf's ''TabletopGame/TrinityUniverse''.

* Solomon, including the STNJ, from ''Anime/WitchHunterRobin'', with shades of ChurchMilitant.

* Celestial Being in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''.
* Terminal in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny''.

* SPECTRE from the ''Film/JamesBond'' flims. They're a terrorist organization, who ironically use beneficent [=NGOs=] as covers.
* The Film/MenInBlack become this after cutting off ties with the United States government.

* The Series/{{Sanctuary}} network.
* The Phoenix Foundation from ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}''.
* Foundation for Law and Government in ''Series/KnightRider''.

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* Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/TheEncyclopedists": The Board of Trustees believe that the Encyclopedia Foundation shouldn’t be involved with local politics due to their Imperial charter to preserve all scientific knowledge in the galaxy and publish a ''[[FictionalDocument Encyclopedia Galactica]]''. The local Kingdoms, however, point out that the Emperor and their navy is very far away, while they are very close. Each one is interested in taking their technology for themselves.
* The Wilmarth Foundation in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, which attempts to deal with the Great Old Ones.
* The Howard Foundation in Creator/RobertAHeinlein's Future History, whose purpose of extending human lifespans through selective breeding.
* [=EarthGuard=] and Wings Over the World in ''Literature/AnnoDracula 1999: Daikaiju''. [=EarthGuard=] is the local WhoYaGonnaCall group, but unlike [[Literature/DiogenesClub the Diogenes]], the Unnamables or [[Literature/AngelsOfMusic the Opera Ghost Agency]], which (at least nominally) report to a government, they're an NGO covering the whole Pacific Rim [[spoiler: and have an internal faction that is not operating in people's best interests]]. [=WOtW=], meanwhile, is a supposed humanitarian relief charity, which is ''actually'' what you'd get if a Creator/GerryAnderson-style organisation was being run by a vampiric version of a sixties supervillainess.
* In ''Literature/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', the Magian Society/Company was created so that magicians wouldn't have to rely on exploitative governments or elitist Clans for protection. The idea is to give them job opportunities that ''aren't'' [[MundaneUtility military in nature]], and thereby advance their human rights as people and not weapons. It's funded by the Stellar Generator, an extremely efficient power plant that requires magicians to operate it.
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* The United Nations Tribunal for International Law, or [=UNTIL=]. In the ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' universe, they're often the first line of defense when supervillains drop by for a visit.
* The Aeon Society, later Aeon Trinity, in Creator/WhiteWolf's ''TabletopGame/TrinityUniverse''.

* BSAA (the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance) from ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''.
* Philanthropy from ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', an NGO formed by Solid Snake and Otacon to prevent the proliferation of Metal Gears.

* The Grey Wardens in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins.''
* The Brotherhood of Nod ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer''. GDI was a quango in ''Tiberian Dawn'', as an autonomous organization answerable to and primarily funded by the United Nations Security Council (by ''Tiberian Sun'' it pretty much ''was'' the government for significant parts of the human population, and it had become official by ''Tiberian Twilight'' at the latest).
* The World Detective Organization from ''VideoGame/MasterDetectiveArchivesRainCode'' is described as an extralegal organization dedicated to eliminating the world’s unsolved mysteries.

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* The Website/SCPFoundation, which stands for "Special Containment Procedures," is a secret international organization dedicated to containing anomalous objects and creatures.
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* ''WOOHP'' (World Organization of Human Protection) from ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''. Their background is a bit unclear; they have connections with several governments but don't rely on them.
* ''The Center'' in the ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'' cartoon, also an [=MiB=] agency.

* ISIS where ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' works. [[spoiler:Deconstructed - At the start of Season 5, it's raided and shut down by the FBI, and the protagonists are arrested on treason charges.]]

* In ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', the Magian Society/Company was created so that magicians wouldn't have to rely on exploitative governments or elitist Clans for protection. The idea is to give them job opportunities that ''aren't'' [[MundaneUtility military in nature]], and thereby advance their human rights as people and not weapons. It's funded by the Stellar Generator, an extremely efficient power plant that requires magicians to operate it.

* The Wiki/SCPFoundation, which stands for "Special Containment Procedures," is a secret international organization dedicated to containing anomalous objects and creatures.

* The Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} as part of its mission "to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally", is an arguable {{defictionalization}} of the [[Franchise/{{Foundation}} Encyclopedia Foundation]].

* [=EarthGuard=] and Wings Over the World in ''Literature/AnnoDracula 1999: Daikaiju''. [=EarthGuard=] is the local WhoYaGonnaCall group, but unlike [[Literature/DiogenesClub the Diogenes]], the Unnamables or [[Literature/AngelsOfMusic the Opera Ghost Agency]], which (at least nominally) report to a government, they're an NGO covering the whole Pacific Rim [[spoiler: and have an internal faction that is not operating out of people's best interests]]. [=WOtW=] meanwhile is a supposed humanitarian relief charity which is ''actually'' what you'd get if a Creator/GerryAnderson-style organisation (our viewpoint character is a certain Captain Paul Metcalf, codenamed [[Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons Scarlet]]) was being run by a vampiric version of a sixties supervillainess.

* Several characters in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' mention that most mages on Earth work with various [=NGOs=] across the planet.

NGO stands for "non-governmental organization". These independent entities are often international in scope and shepherding thousands of employees, focus on world problems such as poverty, health care or women's rights. Unlike corporations, [=NGOs=] are not-profit. Real [=NGOs=] that are well known include the Red Cross, Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders and Amnesty International.

* ''WOOHP'' (World Organization Of Human Protection) from ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''. Their background is however a bit unclear. They have connection with several governments but don't rely on them.
* ''The Center'' in the ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'' cartoon, also an MIB agency.

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