However tremendous (and ambiguous) changes in nonprofit sector in Kazakhstan began after the collapse of the Soviet Union. As Tamara Nezhina and Aigerim Ibrayeva put it “the period of “NGOnization” of Kazakh society has started with the fast and massive inflow of donor organizations, trainers, and civil society experts from the West” (Nezhina & Ibrayeva, 2013: 339). Thus, international donors became a serious power that fostered the development of non-profit sector in Kazakhstan, especially on earlier stages of development in 1990s and at the beginning of the 2000s. In the mid of 2000s, the Kazakhstani official authorities initiated their own Civil Society Development program(s)[9]. The aid of international donors, conversely, has been reduced significantly during last year. Despite these processes, the part of local NGOs continues the successful collaboration with international and foreign donors. According to the survey, more than fifty per cent received international aid.