Organizational Form

The dominant organizational form of minority institutions is defined according to the following categories:

  • Nonprofit organization

  • Governmental organizations:

    • Public institutions run by central authorities

    • Public institutions run by regional or local authorities

  • For profit organizations


Overall Data

Nonprofits are the most frequent organizational form of minority institutions. The only exception is that of Hungarians in Slovakia. The most numerous organizational form there is of institutions funded by local governments. However, the dominant organizational form in the selected cases is not uniform. In several cases, minority institutions are almost equally split between two main forms, as it is with Russian speakers in Estonia and Hungarians in Slovakia.

Overall number of organizations by form
This bar chart displays the total of each form of organization in each case. You can find the detailed data in Table 1.

This table presents the organizational form of minority institutions. The links in the table will lead to case-specific description and visualizations.

Minority groups Total Organizational form
Nonprofit Public For Profit
Central Local
Hungarians in Romania 9477 5964 2010 1083 420
Hungarians in Slovakia 3577 1560 6 1988 23
Poles in Lithuania 306 168 132 6 0
Russian speakers in Lithuania 320 175 131 5 9
Russian speakers in Estonia 454 218 11 213 12
Russian speakers in Latvia 497 338 138 3 18

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This table presents the organizational forms of minority institutions in proportions. The links in the table will lead to case-specific descriptions and visualizations.

Minority groups Organizational form
Nonprofit Public For Profit
Central Local
Hungarians in Romania 63% 21% 11% 4%
Hungarians in Slovakia 44% 0% 56% 1%
Poles in Lithuania 55% 43% 2% 0%
Russian speakers in Lithuania 55% 41% 2% 3%
Russian speakers in Estonia 47% 2% 46% 3%
Russian speakers in Latvia 66% 28% 1% 4%

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Organizational Form by Minority Group and Country

Select a country to view data on the organizational form of minority institutions:

Russian speakers Hungarians Poles Turks Albanians
Estonia Romania Lithuania P Bulgaria North Macedonia
Latvia Slovakia      
Lithuania R Serbia