Editing Voluntary sector (section)

== Country-specific==
===France===
Discourse on the "third sector" began in the 1970s in France as a result of the crisis in the [[welfare state]]. Many associations rely at least partly on government subsidies or other payments, it has been criticized at times by association heads (among some), as a way to control charities, some charities do refuse all government payments, while others try to rely partly on gov's aid.<ref>{{cite journal 
  | last = Zaleski
  | first = Pawel
  | title = Tocqueville on Civilian Society. A Romantic Vision of the Dichotomic Structure of Social Reality
  | journal = Archiv für Begriffsgeschichte
  | volume = 50
  | pages = 260–266
  | publisher = Felix Meiner Verlag
  | year = 2008
  | jstor = 24360940
  }}</ref>

=== India ===
In India, this sector is commonly called the "joint sector", and includes the industries run in partnership by the state and [[private Sector]]. In a wider sense the initial investment is made by the state and later the handling is done by the private sector. But here the private sector is responsible to the state when it comes to handling.{{clarify|date=May 2024}}

===Israel===
In Israel, this sector is commonly called the "Third Sector", ({{langx|he|המגזר השלישי}}) and generally refers to non-profit organizations (NPOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with the line between the two quite fine. These organizations generally fill a gap in the existing government or municipal service provision. Examples include [[United Hatzalah]] for emergency medical first response, [[Yad Sarah]] for free loan of medical equipment, [[Yad Eliezer]] for poverty relief efforts, Akim for assistance for the mentally handicapped, and [[SHALVA]] for children with special needs.

===United Kingdom===
The [[Cabinet Office]] of the [[Her Majesty's Government|British government]] until 2010 had an Office of the Third Sector that defined the "third sector" as "the place between State and (the) private sector".<ref>Cabinet Office, [http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector UK definition of third sector]</ref> The Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition Government renamed the department the Office for Civil Society. The term third sector has now been replaced in Government usage by the term Civil Society, or for a while under the Cameron government, the term [[Big Society]], which was devised by political advisers and which featured prominently in the Conservative Party's 2010 election campaign.

Organisations leading and supporting the voluntary sector in the United Kingdom include the [[Acevo|Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations]] (Acevo), the [[National Council for Voluntary Organisations]], [[Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action]], [[Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations]], and [[Wales Council for Voluntary Action]].

=== United States ===
The U.S. nonprofit sector consisted of approximately 1.56 million organizations registered with the [[Internal Revenue Service]] in 2015. These reporting nonprofits identified $2.54 trillion in revenues and $5.79 trillion in assets in 2015. Over $400 billion in revenue comes through private support and [[fundraising]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=McKeever |first1=Brian |title=The Nonprofit Sector in Brief |url=https://nccs.urban.org/publication/nonprofit-sector-brief-2018 |website=National Center for Charitable Statistics |access-date= 30 November 2018}}</ref> The U.S. nonprofit sector contributed an estimated $985.4 billion to the U.S. economy in 2015, composing 5.4 percent of the country's gross domestic product and employed 11 percent of the U.S. workforce in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McKeever |first1=Brian |title=The Nonprofit Sector in Brief |url=https://nccs.urban.org/project/nonprofit-sector-brief |website=National Center for Charitable Statistics |access-date=3 January 2019}}</ref> Each year, seven out of ten Americans donate to at least one charitable cause. Contributions are from two to 20 times higher in the U.S. than in other countries of comparable wealth and modernity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/excellence_in_philanthropy/how_philanthropy_fuels_american_success_intro|title=How Philanthropy Fuels American Success {{!}} Excellence in Philanthropy {{!}} The Philanthropy Roundtable|website=www.philanthropyroundtable.org|access-date=2016-03-17}}</ref>