A key feature of the civil society movement is its role in influencing and transforming culture.  It some cases, that role is clear and unambiguous, as in the case of human rights and advocacy non-governmental organizations.  In other cases, such as charity, humanitarian, and mercy non-profit organizations, the care for the sick, the needy, also provides a transformative role in society, not only meeting the real needs of people, but modeling the moral dimensions of fairness, justice, truthfulness, and compassion., the role and scope of activity is not so clear, especially when considering possible government obligations for public welfare.

How the civil society organization raises funds, is governed, and truthfully discloses its choices to the government and public, to donors and potential donors, and to monitoring organizations, could demonstrate a tranformative model in transparency and decisionmaking.

The focus here is to report on research and consultation services, as well as lectures, and activities regarding the third sector.