ngos’ revenue

As NGOs, we count associations (including data on branches of associations and youth councils), institutes (including religious communities that have the status of a humanitarian organisation) and foundations. Associations, institutes and foundations established by the Republic of Slovenia, municipalities or other public-law entities are excluded from the data.

In recent years, despite the economic crisis, the revenues of non-governmental organizations grew until 2020, when they were lower than the previous year for the first time. The associations revenues decreased in 2011 and 2013 compared to the previous year but have since grown and in 2016 already exceeded the level before the reductions. In 2018 and 2019, they increased slightly, and then in 2020 fell by 15,56 %. From 2021 onwards, the revenues of associations have been growing again. In 2024, they increased by 6,78 % compared to the previous year. Institutes recorded a decline in revenues only in 2012, but already in 2013 they had higher revenues than before the crisis. Institutes also recorded a decline in revenues in 2022, namely by 6,29 %. In 2023, revenues increased by as much as 16,34 %, while in 2024 they increased by only 3,03 %. The revenues of foundations decreased in 2011 and 2014 compared to the previous year and only in 2015 did they have higher revenues than before the crisis. In 2016 and 2017, foundations again recorded a decline in revenues, falling below the 2009 level, and only in 2018 and 2019 were revenues again higher than before the crisis. In 2020, foundations recorded a decline in revenues of just over 28 %. In 2021, the revenues of foundations increased by 14,39 %, and the 2019 level was exceeded in 2022, when they recorded an increase in revenues of just over 78 %. In 2023, foundations also recorded revenue growth of 43,99 %, mainly due to foundations that collected aid for those affected by the floods. From this source, in 2024 the revenues of foundations decreased drastically, by more than 60 %.

Less than two thirds of all revenue of non-governmental organizations is generated by associations, followed by institutions and foundations. Even though institutions represent only 13,00 % of all non-governmental organisations, they generate as much as 33,20  % of all revenue. The high share of the institutes' generated revenues is also reflected in the fact that the institutes employ more than half of all workers in the non-governmental sector.

When relating the average revenue of a non-governmental organisation to its form, the revenue is highest in case of institutes, amounting to something more than € 134,600. The average revenues of foundations decreased significantly in 2024, with an individual foundation having on average just over € 60.500 in revenues. The average revenues of associations are considerably lower, with an individual association having on average just under € 42.000 in revenues. The average revenue per non-governmental organisation amounts to € 54.629.

Statistically speaking, on average each non-governmental organization has a little over € 54.600 in revenue annually, but the actual distribution of revenue is very much different. As much as 15,90 % of non-governmental organizations had no income in 2024, and an additional 31,48 % had less than € 5,000. Only 14,19 % of non-governmental organizations had more than € 50,001 in revenue.