Talk:Brazil Catalyst Project/Logistics

Organizations

An institute is not a legal nature. "Institute" is a common name, which means essentially nothing but "Organization", "Entity". An "institute" is a "thing", and nothing more. But it's commonly used in names of educational or medical organizations, like universities, research centers or hospitals. But only in their names, because in law there is no institute. And one can use "institute" for the name of anything, even for an for-profit company. OSCIP is a class of non-profit organizations, and not a legal nature itself. Except for political parties and religious organizations, there are only two forms for a non-profit organization: foundation or civil association. Both can be or not an OSCIP, if they require after being constituted. And an OSCIP can lost its qualification, being a non-OSCIP, and keep existing. The Ministry of Justice recognizes a foundation or a civil association as an OSCIP, if it fulfill some requirements. NGO is a common name (not a legal nature) for all non-profit organizations (foundations or civil associations), whether or not it is recognized as an OSCIP by the government. The legal forms are in the Civil Code. CasteloBranco^msg 21:37, 29 August 2011 (UTC)