ABSTRACT
The dwindling of incomes across Greek society due to the ongoing economic crisis implies that both ordinary citizens and businesses will now have fewer financial resources to donate to civil society groups. The present chapter examines to what extent this has been the case for the Greek civil society environmental sector, and in particular for the leading (or ‘flagship’) Greek environmental NGOs (ENGOs). We begin with an overview of Greek ENGO development, paying special attention to their income sources over time. This overview shows that the ENGOs have predominantly depended on institutional donors (foundations, businesses, state agencies, the EU etc.), which have contributed substantial amounts to their budgets, and not on individual members. Yet, over the past few years, the size and number of these institutional donations has decreased substantially, posing serious operational problems for the ENGOs.
