A non-profit non-governmental society or body of persons, maintained or supported solely by freewill offerings or contributions, and free from state interference or control. It applies particularly to an organisation offering people's time and work free of charge, as opposed to an organisation offering money.

Single or multi-dimensional measures that clearly report the units of production for a given service programme.

The total cost attributed to each unit of service in a particular programme the gross program costs divided by the units of services.

An investment authorised by law in which trustees may place trust funds.

One to whom the management of property is committed in trust for the benefit of others. Hence trusteeship, the office or function of a trustee.

A trust created during a person's life, as distinct from one created by will.

Money or investments representing money, held upon specified trust.

The formal document signed, sealed and delivered, under which a trust is created.

An arrangement by which property is handed over to or vested in persons for them to use it and dispose of it for the benefit of others or for charitable purposes, without any personal interest in it themselves.

The purchase of service from an agency by any source that it is not the direct consumer of the service provided.