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February 27

A global day celebrating the people behind nonprofits and NGOs making a difference around the world.

The World NGO Day Global Review

The first edition records how the Day has developed, country by country, with named sources.

Get Involved

There are many ways to take part in World NGO Day.

Use the World NGO Day logo on February 27

For over a decade, the symbol has represented unity, diversity, and the people behind civil society, celebrated every 27 February.

Nonprofit-friendly places, where organizations and communities meet, connect, celebrate, convene and collaborate.

Nonprofit City

A coffee table book series celebrating the history, people and places of civil society in the world’s great cities.

Nonprofit City: Los Angeles — Volume OneVolume One · Los Angeles

Nonprofit City: Los Angeles

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Learn who safeguards the legacy of World NGO Day and how you can support it.

Ways to Support

Become a PartnerInstitutional and corporate partnershipsBecome a PatronOngoing support — it focuses on cities becoming patronsLeave a LegacyGifts that outlast a single yearOne-Time GiftA single contribution to the Day
J’Net Nguyen
Global Council

J’Net Nguyen Joins World NGO Day Global Council as Executive Advisor

FriendsHAUS Founder and Assistance League of Los Angeles Board Member J’Net Nguyen joins as Executive Advisor.

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Volume One · Los Angeles

Nonprofit City
Los Angeles

For the first time, a coffee table book will honour Los Angeles as a nonprofit-friendly city, guiding readers through the people and moments that have shaped its civil society, as well as the places where organizations and communities meet, connect, celebrate, convene and collaborate.

As we marked the 10th anniversary of World NGO Day, the idea for Nonprofit City was born in the heart of West Hollywood, California, inspired by its vibrant civil society community.

Nonprofit City, the signed special edition
140+Countries and territories observing World NGO Day, 27 February
90+Languages and scripts with their own name for World NGO Day
10 yrsConsecutive European Union statements on World NGO Day, 2017–2026
2National parliaments have written World NGO Day, 27 February, into law
11.7MCombined monthly audience of sources citing World NGO Day in AI search

Nonprofit City

Volume One is dedicated to Los Angeles County and the cities within it, beginning with West Hollywood. It is available in two forms, a curated digital coffee table book, open to all online, and a special edition, published as a numbered limited-edition print for collectors, partners and libraries.

Volume One celebrates Los Angeles through its civil society, from the movements that shaped it to the people and places that carry it forward today. Told through exclusive interviews and stories, original photography and archives, it features the nonprofit-friendly places of its cities, the stories of its partners and the nonprofits they support, and is powered by local brands, leaders and nonprofits.

A volume to keep, to share and to return to.

World NGO Day began in Europe and is now recognized in more than 140 countries. Nonprofit City was born in West Hollywood, so Volume One begins where the story started, in a county that is home to one of the world’s largest nonprofit sectors.

As the world turns its attention to Los Angeles in 2028, Volume One puts its nonprofits in front of an international audience. It honours the organizations that serve residents every day, the people behind them and the places that make room for them, and it carries the international day of NGOs far beyond California.

What the Los Angeles volume contains

Ten chapters, from the city’s nonprofit story to the places where its community meets.

01Chapter opener
02Goodwill messages
03The city’s nonprofit stories
04Meet
05Connect
06Celebrate
07Convene
08Collaborate
09Local recommendations
10City nonprofit culture

We welcome West Hollywood to recognize the Day

We would be honoured if West Hollywood considered proclaiming or recognizing 27 February 2027 or 2028, World NGO Day, as an international day to celebrate the city’s nonprofits and to welcome new organizations. It would be the first city in the United States to do so.

West Hollywood, California
01Proclamation or resolutionA ceremonial act by the Mayor or the Council. It creates no law and spends no money.
02A simple requestThrough the city’s own published request process. No legal sponsor is required, and it usually takes four to six weeks.
03One year, or every yearValid for a single year, or “annually and in perpetuity” if the text says so.
How cities recognize the Day

What that means for West Hollywood

First in the United StatesThe first US city to recognize World NGO Day.
International visibilityPresence in World NGO Day materials read in more than 140 countries.
Recognition for local nonprofitsOne global day each year on which the city honors the organizations and volunteers that serve its residents.
Visiting leaders and delegatesA clear signal to nonprofit organizers choosing where to hold meetings, forums and conferences.
A media momentThe first city in the United States to recognize an international day dedicated to nonprofits.

We welcome new Advisors, Ambassadors and Patrons

While we work to launch the first Nonprofit City coffee table book, we welcome new Executive Advisors, Honorary Patrons and Goodwill Ambassadors in Los Angeles County.

Each brings something specific: an introduction, expertise, a venue or a voice. Together they help preserve the legacy of World NGO Day, February 27.

Executive AdvisorsSenior leaders appointed by the Global Council, who open doors, lend expertise and help shape the volume.
Honorary PatronsHosts and champions who gather people around the Day and the book, in their city and beyond.
Goodwill AmbassadorsVoices who carry World NGO Day into their own community, industry and networks.
About the Global Council

Led by

J’Net Nguyen

J’Net Nguyen

Executive Advisor, World NGO Day Global Council
Founder, FriendsHAUS · Board of Directors, Assistance League of Los Angeles
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Marcis Skadmanis

Marcis Skadmanis

Founder of World NGO Day, 27 February
Chair, World NGO Day Global Council
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Vinicius Taddone

Vinícius Taddone

COO · Executive Advisor
Founding Member of the World NGO Day Global Council
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The Global Council safeguards the legacy of World NGO Day, February 27, and advises on its global impact and growth, with a particular focus on cities worldwide.

Meet the Global Council