Thus, it is a serious challenge to count the number of NGOs in Kazakhstan. Applying different methodologies for counting, Ministry of Justice, Committee on Statistics, Tax Committee give different data about the number of NGOs in Kazakhstan. Moreover estimations of the number of NGOs presented by scholars are at odds with the official data. As consequence, the size of the Kazakhstani non-profit sector varies greatly in assessments of different scholars. Some scholars assert that the significant share of local NGOs are dormant and exist only on paper. For example, Charles Ziegler (2010), also Tamara Nezhina and Aigerim Ibrayeva (2013) reported that there are about 800 organizations active. Experts of CIVICUS (Makhmutova & Akhmetova, 2011) gave the different size of local non-profit sector, saying about more than 12.5 thousands of public associations and foundations[10], and 2 000 active organizations among them. Thus, reviewing different literature, we face with a serious difference in estimations of the size of non-profit sector. The mailing list which was used in the given survey included more than 1 500 organizations. It enabled us to claim that, at least, 1 500 active NGOs work in Kazakhstan.