Bilateral organizations exist across the world in the form of aid groups, nonprofit

organizations and government agencies. These businesses, large and small, work
on a variety of missions, including rebuilding nations suffering from natural
disasters, establishing clean drinking water and providing emergency medical aid.
A small, startup nonprofit organization can find a powerful friend in a federal
bilateral organization. This relationship can lead to business opportunities and
growth potential.

Bilateral Organization Definition

A bilateral organization is a government agency or nonprofit organization based

in a single country while the agency provides aid, including medical aid or
disaster relief, for people in other countries. The organization or government
agency does not usually provide this kind of aid to citizens of the company's
home country and is usually concerned solely with providing aid to citizens of
developing countries throughout the world according to the Internal Medical
Volunteers Assocation website.

Largest Bilateral Companies

One of the oldest and largest bilateral government agency in the United States is
the United States Agency for International Development. The Foreign Assistance
Act created USAID in 1961. The organization played an instrumental role in the
reconstruction of Europe in the aftermath of World War II and continues to
provide aid to other developing countries across the globe. USAID is an
independent federal agency receiving all policy guidance from the secretary of
state.