Bibliogr. s. 99-103

The recent years brought worldwide development of managerial thinking and practices in the third sector, but these processes are barely identified within the Polish non-governmental sector. Polish organisations are considerably more influenced by the public sector, which often results in too close relationships, dependence from public financial resources, and advancing institutionalisation. Perhaps the state’s retreat from a broad partnership with NGOs, widely regarded as disadvantageous and dangerous to the Polish democracy, that could be observed for the past two years at the central level, will turn out to be the saving grace and will stop the processes of governmentalisation. In search of the sources of funding other than public, increasing the quality of services and learning new rules, relations and principles; perhaps we will witness the emergence of a new formula of the third sector in Poland. Keeping in mind, of course, the leading principle of heterogenicity and diversity of NGOs' objectives, stemming from unlimited human needs