Some form of activities of charitable organizations include:
- Advocacy – Charitable organisations working on advocacy or campaigning on issues or causes and they do not implement programs.
- Consultancy / Research Organizations – Charitable organisation working on social and development research as well as consultancy.
- Training / Capacity Building Organizations – Charitable organisation helping other charity organizations by training & capacity building.
- Networking Organizations – Charitable organisations providing networking opportunities in a specific field.
- Mother NGOs – These charitable organisations have a work focus, but instead of implementing projects, they identify projects and monitor, evaluate and build capacities of participating NGOs.
- Grass root Organizations -Charitable organisations working directly with the community
- City Based Organizations – These Charitable organisations restrict their focus to cities.
- National Organizations – Charitable organisations with national presence.
- Self Help Groups – Formed by beneficiary communities, typically women who come together in a group of 10 plus.
- Religious NGOs