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Top 25 Ngos based in Nigeria
RevenueBase identified 284 ngos headquartered in Nigeria as of September 2026 and tracks 2,016 professional contacts across them, including 132 with verified work emails. Maiduguri is the largest hub.
This list covers ngos headquartered in Nigeria, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest ngos based in Nigeria
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 146 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian non-profit organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Centre for Population Health Initiatives (CPHI) is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization using innovative and multidimensional strategies to execute health and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience so countries can sustain progress.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “FSL MHPSS Nutrition Peace Building WaSH” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Value Re-orientation for Community Enhancement (VARCE) is a non-governmental and non-profit making organization, working on Children, Women and Youth Development.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “AYGF is a non-governmental organization at the forefront of social activism, striving to create meaningful contributions to humanity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “FRAD Foundation have a Mission to improve and build the resilience of vulnerable populations using locally available solutions and interventions that ensure Participation and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Grassroot Initiative for Strengthening Community Resilience (GISCOR) is a Non-Governmental, Non-Profit, and Non-Political National Humanitarian and Developmental Organization with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BCAI is a non-governmental organization that was founded and incorporated as a trust in August 2018.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Freedom Foundation is a faith based non-profit, committed to addressing the ever-mounting and staggering challenges facing members of society living in absolute poverty.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Unique Care and Support Foundation (CASFOD) is a child and women’s rights national non-governmental organization with a mandate towards supporting humanitarian and development…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bincike International is a Development and Humanitarian Organization, officially registered in Nigeria as Bincike International Limited by Guarantee, a non-profit entity, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Jemilius Aid and Relief Initiative (JAREI) empowers vulnerable women, youth and children through sustainable livelihoods, education, and healthcare, through effective climate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Child Protection and Peer Learning Initiative (CPPLI) is a human-centered social development not-for-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian National Non-Governmental Organization…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Kiajer Youth Empowerment Initiative, where we believe in fostering positive change through various programs aimed at transforming lives and communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 2006, Mary Dinah Foundation is one of the largest NGOs in the world preventing malnutrition in local communities through the distribution of specialized nutritious…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The advocacy arm of HumAngle Media, driving research, capacity building, and human-centric impact on conflict, development, and humanitarian issues.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ndi Assam Foundation is a non governmental organisation responsible for meeting the basic needs such as Education, Water, Food, Shelter for the abandoned and less privilege kids…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 2016, Street Child of Nigeria (SCoN) has responded to the North East emergency through targeted and holistic support to the most vulnerable people, providing children with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Common Heritage Foundation (CHF) is a not-for-profit non- government organization registered in Nigeria (RC 12361) in 1997 for the purpose of applying knowledge to increasing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Restructure Africa" is a non-profit organisation that impacts the lives of the marginalized and disadvantaged through humanitarianism and activism.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Whitefield Foundation is a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to eradicating poverty, enhancing gender equality, and fostering sustainable development across Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “NIRA Community Development Foundation was established in 2004 as Network for Integrated Rural Advancement (NIRA).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cheer Glimmer of Hope Foundation is a non-governmental organization committed to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by creating opportunities in Education, Health…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Salient Alliance Initiative (SAI) is a non-profit organization established in September 2020.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: ngos. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names ngos.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of ngos, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name ngos. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Ngos based in Nigeria at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Nigeria, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Nigeria, over 284 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among ngos, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Nigeria whose own description of what they do matches “ngos”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names ngos), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among ngos, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Nigeria are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 132 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Ngos by metro
- Ngos in Maiduguri30
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names ngos, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many ngos are there based in Nigeria?
RevenueBase identified 284 ngos headquartered in Nigeria as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Plan International Nigeria, headquartered in Utako, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most ngos?
Maiduguri leads with 30 headquartered companies, followed by Abuja (21) and Lagos (18).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 132 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 284 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.