ABSTRACT

This article offers an ethnographic exploration of NGO “mission creep” as a result of obtaining funding. Many scholars express scepticism about funding on NGO goals, while others encourage a nuanced critique. This 18-month ethnographic study of two NGOs in Bangalore, India, explores NGO workers navigating the acceptance of funding while maintaining their original missions. When one NGO failed to uphold this goal, staff members created their own NGO. Findings indicate that even when NGO staff have experienced mission creep from funding and make conscious efforts to maintain their missions, they face structural barriers that make this difficult and perhaps impossible.

摘要

本文提供了对非政府组织“使命蔓延”的民族志探索作为获得资金的结果。许多学者对资助非政府组织目标表示怀疑，而另一些学者则鼓励进行细致入微的批评。这项针对印度班加罗尔的两个非政府组织的为期 18 个月的民族志研究探讨了非政府组织工作人员如何在接受资金的同时保持其最初的使命。当一个非政府组织未能坚持这一目标时，工作人员就创建了自己的非政府组织。调查结果表明，即使非政府组织的工作人员经历了因资助而导致的使命蔓延并有意识地努力维持他们的使命，他们也面临着结构性障碍，这使得这变得困难甚至不可能。