NGO Support Centre

What NGO Support Centre does

NGO Support Centre is a Nicosia, Cyprus-based non-profit organization founded in 1999 that operates as an accredited regranting intermediary and capacity-building provider for civil society organizations (CSOs). The organization sits between European donors, principally the European Commission and EEA/Norway Grants, and grassroots CSOs in Cyprus and, increasingly, the broader Eastern Mediterranean region. It administers multi-million-EUR EU programme envelopes that are sub-granted to civil society projects, while also delivering training, organizational development, and advocacy support services to its CSO members.

The organization's core products are its grant programmes, which include PLATO (EUR 3.1M, 47 sub-grants), VOICES (EUR 2.5M, 37 sub-grants), PREVENT (EUR 2.3M, 8 sub-grants), BUILD, PLACE in Cyprus, and the ECI Ambassadors programme. Together these represent over EUR 7.9M in administered pass-through funding. The underlying delivery model combines sub-granting workflows, capacity-building curricula, member onboarding, and donor reporting; there is no proprietary technology platform of note, and operations appear to rely on conventional grant administration rather than software-led infrastructure.

The business model is a non-profit model funded primarily by retained administrative fees on EU programme management contracts, supplemented by an annual CSO membership fee of EUR 100. Strategic partnerships with Bodossaki Foundation, Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights, Social Dynamo, and various Cypriot ministries support programme delivery and have enabled the organization to extend its model from Cyprus into Greece. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the organization operates with a small team of approximately 5 employees, consistent with a lean regranting intermediary whose scale is defined by programme envelope size rather than retained earnings.

Name

NGO Support Centre

Legal name

NGO Support Centre

Website

https://ngo-sc.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NGO Support Centre is a Nicosia-based non-profit founded in 1999 that administers EU and EEA/Norway Grants (over EUR 7.9M across PLATO, VOICES, PREVENT, and other programmes) as a regranting intermediary and capacity-builder for civil society organizations in Cyprus and Greece.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Society Support Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil Society Strengthening & Civic Space (BPADAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD), Volunteer Program Funding, Scholarships & Fundraising Support (EDAIAGAO)

Keywords

• Civil society support
• Capacity building services
• EU grant administration
• NGO training programmes
• Regranting intermediary

Headquarters

HQ city

Nicosia

HQ country

Cyprus

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. EU Programme Administration: NGO Support Centre serves as a regranting administrator for EU-funded programmes (CERV, Erasmus+, Europe for Citizens, EEA Grants), managing the distribution of funds to beneficiary CSOs in Cyprus and Greece. Revenue comes from administrative fees and programme management contracts.
2. Membership Fees: Affiliated organisations pay an annual support fee of 100 EUR which provides access to event dissemination, information about funding opportunities, and collaboration opportunities for project proposals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

NGO Support Centre provides capacity-building, training, and regranting services to civil society organisations in Cyprus and, through EU-funded programmes, in Greece. Its core offerings include training programmes, NGO setup guidance, an administered CSO database, publications and resources, individual and affiliated-organisation memberships, and the administration of EU-funded project programmes (BUILD, VOICES, PLATO, PREVENT, PLACE in Cyprus, European Citizens' Initiative Ambassadors) that distribute grants to CSOs working on democracy, human rights, gender equality, and civic engagement.

Product overview

NGO Support Centre is a non-governmental, non-profit organization dedicated to the development and strengthening of civil society in Cyprus. The organization operates as a service-oriented hub offering training programmes, NGO setup guidance, a CSO database, and publications/resources to support civil society organisations. Its portfolio includes multiple EU-funded project programmes such as BUILD, VOICES, PLATO, PREVENT, PLACE in Cyprus, and European Citizens' Initiative Ambassadors, which provide grant funding, capacity building, and organisational support to civil society organisations in Cyprus and Greece working on democracy, human rights, gender equality, and civic engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Managed €2.5 million VOICES programme funding 37 projects for gender-based violence prevention
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bodossaki FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2026Bodossaki Foundation serves as co-funder and coordinator for EU-funded programmes including VOICES (€2.5M), PREVENT (€2.3M), and PLATO (€3.1M). NGO Support Centre acts as implementing partner in Cyprus for these major civil society support programmes.
• Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights (MFHR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in VOICES programme alongside Bodossaki Foundation and NGO Support Centre, focusing on preventing and combating gender-based violence in Greece and Cyprus.
• Social DynamocoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNGO Hub of Bodossaki Foundation implementing capacity-building programme for VOICES, providing training, workshops, mentoring, and organisational development tools.
• Anna Lindh Foundation Cyprus NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-heads of Anna Lindh Foundation Cyprus Network, collaborating on intercultural dialogue and global citizenship education activities.
• Youth Board of CyprusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organiser of annual NGO Fairs and Youth Festival 'Up to Youth' events.
• Cyprus Youth CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organiser of NGO Fairs within the Youth Festival framework.
• Ministry of Education, Culture, Athletics and Youth (Cyprus)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organiser of Global Education Week events and civic participation initiatives.
• CARDETminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating partner on InterCap internship programme addressing migration and sustainable development topics.
• NENO (Network of Estonian Non-profit Organisations)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Civil Society Network sharing best practices on rule of law promotion through workshops.
• CNVSO (Slovenian National Welfare Organisation)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Civil Society Network sharing best practices on civil society development and civic space.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Bodossaki Foundation: Major Greek foundation running Social Dynamo (an NGO hub providing capacity building, training and grants to civil society). Listed by NGO Support Centre as a co-funder on its €8M+ EU programme portfolio, and operates an essentially identical model in Greece.
• Active Citizens Fund Cyprus: Cyprus-specific EEA/Norway Grants operator funding civil society and active citizenship projects. Direct peer because it performs the same EU-regranting-intermediary function in the same geography for overlapping beneficiary CSOs.
• Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights (MFHR): Greek foundation focused on human rights, rule of law and civil society. Co-partner with NGO Support Centre on the VOICES programme; operates the same hybrid funder/grant-administrator model for human-rights CSOs in Greece.

Regional players

• Network of Estonian Non-profit Organisations (NENO): Estonian national CSO umbrella network. Listed as a partner sharing best practices on rule of law and civic space under PLATO; comparable as a national civil-society network operator in a different EU country.
• CARDET: Cyprus-based research and capacity-building centre partnering with NGO Support Centre on the InterCap migration programme and other EU projects. Comparable as a Cyprus-anchored intermediary delivering training and project management to NGOs and public-sector bodies.
• Slovenian National Welfare Organisation (CNVSO): Slovenian welfare and civil society organisation. Listed as a PLATO programme partner sharing best practices on civic space; comparable as a regional civil society support organisation in another EU member state.

Broad incumbents

• Philanthropy Europe Association (Philea): Pan-European membership association representing philanthropic infrastructure and CSO-supporting foundations. Comparable as a broader-incumbent umbrella operating in the same civil-society infrastructure space NGO Support Centre addresses nationally in Cyprus.
• Anna Lindh Foundation: Euro-Mediterranean intergovernmental foundation supporting intercultural dialogue and civil society networks. Direct partner of NGO Support Centre (which co-heads its Cyprus Network) and operates a similar capacity-building/network role at regional scale.
• European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL): Pan-European hub working on civic space, enabling environment for civil society, and CSO regulatory issues. Comparable as a larger incumbent operating in the same civil-society-strengthening and democracy-funding space, but at EU institutional level rather than national-implementer level.
• CIVICUS: Global civil society alliance monitoring civic space and supporting CSOs worldwide. Broader incumbent working on the same civic-space/enabling-environment agenda that frames NGO Support Centre's PLATO and BUILD programmes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ngo_centre
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ngosupportcenter/playlists
• Facebookfacebook.com/NgoSupportCentre
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ngo-support-centre-cy
• Instagraminstagram.com/ngosupportcentre

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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