The civil associations are private organizations with legal Personaría, and are characterized by having no profit. For example: Caritas Foundation, Presbyterian Church, Greenpeace.
The internal organizational structure of an association of this type is identical to that of private organizations, but has the substantial difference that by definition, the surplus money obtained from the organization’s profits will not be used as returns for its founders. or directors, but instead will be reinvested in the civil association.
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Classification of civil associations
Broadly speaking, civil associations are classified into two large groups:
- Cooperative associations . The first is that of cooperative associations, which are social organizations made up of individuals whose main intention is to generate new sources of work or to preserve some that are in danger, when a private company is about to close. Cooperative associations, which always comply with legal regulations, have the characteristic of offering a product or a service that can also be done from private initiative, in some cases even competing with each other. Possibly the consumerhave no notion of the cooperative nature of the association that produced it, but in the spirit of this class of associations lies, also, the intention of exchanging certain individual values for other principles, of teamwork , equality and mutual help.
- Non-profit associations . The other type of civil associations is one that lacks profit for the reason that the activity carried out is one that is not profit-making. Cultural, educational, outreach, sporting or similar purposes have in their essence certain issues that give rise to the profit intention not being present, to the extent that the reason that gives rise to the birth of the organization is another : the benefit that the association produces is rather collective, and cannot be individualized in a few people who receive a product or service .
Legal treatment
Although the profit motive does not appear, the economic management and administration of this type of organization is still very important, and when it comes to large organizations it is not correct that it be improvised or left in the hands of inexperienced people.
It is frequent that the different States have policies to favor non-profit associations, such as exempting certain taxes: in this way, there are not a few who take advantage of associations of this type to personally swindle the treasury, generating a double damage in the taxes that they have not paid, and also in the delegitimization of the noble actions of civil associations.
Constitution process
Civil associations are always subject to the law , and it is very important to prove the constitution of one of them so that in the future the eventual benefits can be accessed: the place and date of constitution, the personal data of the constituents, the choice of A name and a corporate purpose for the entity, as well as the establishment of a registered office are important elements for the birth of the association, which may later have active, life or honorary members.
The monitoring carried out by the State on them is analogous to that carried out on private companies, requiring the presentation of statutes, balance sheets and accounting reports: only in this way can the normal functioning of the organization be recorded, which may not happen beyond the nobility of original purposes.
Examples of civil associations
- Association of Magistrates and Officials of Justice of the Province of Buenos Aires
- Organization for animal rights.
- Organization of relatives of deceased in air tragedies.
- Argentine Philatelic Association.
- Cybervolunteers.
- Caritas Foundation
- Restaurant worked cooperatively.
- Civil Association for Equality and Justice.
- Belgian Association of Buenos Aires.
- Presbyterian Church.
- José Carreras Foundation against leukemia.
- Donavida Foundation
- Furniture production cooperative.
- Mountaineering cultural center.
- Jewish community of Valencia.
- Federation Centers for Retirees and Pensioners Costa del Paraná.
- Boca Juniors Athletic Club.
- Association ‘Fedelazio’ of immigrants from the Lazio area.
- Gabriel García Márquez popular library.
- Neighborhood Chess Association.
- Parkinson’s Disease Civil Association.
- Tourism Professionals Forum.
- Greenpeace.
- International Amnesty.
- Athletic Club San Lorenzo de Almagro.
- Foundation for overcoming poverty.
- Association ‘A roof for my country’
- Bahia Blanca Basketball Club
- Center for legal and social studies.
- Association of Environmental Remediators.
