voluntary organization

Unpaid service collective

A voluntary organization is a group formed by people who choose to join and participate, typically without pay, to pursue shared goals or provide services.

The term usually describes nonprofits, charities, and community groups that rely on donated time and money rather than government funding or commercial revenue: She volunteers at a voluntary organization that feeds the homeless.

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club · campaign · philanthropy · charity event · bake sale · mentorship · relief · helping hands · grassroots · coalition · empowerment · civic duty · nonprofit · training · petition · sustainability · society · recycling

Opposites
organizational control and mandate

voluntary organizationgovernment agency

State administrative body

public body · government department · state apparatus · public authority · federal agency

profit motive

voluntary organizationcommercial enterprise

Profit-seeking organization

private company · business · corporation · firm · private enterprise

membership compulsion

voluntary organizationconscript army

Troops raised by compulsion

forced labor camp

Family

voluntary, organization, voluntarily, volunteer, volunteered, volunteering, volunteers, involuntary, involuntarily

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