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{{Short description|Group of industry-specific institutions}}
{{for|the fictional company set in the Resident Evil videogame series|Umbrella Corporation}}
An '''umbrella organization''' is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions who work together formally to coordinate activities and/or pool resources. In business, political, and other environments, it provides resources and identities to the smaller organizations. In this kind of arrangement, it is sometimes responsible, to some degree, for the groups under its care.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Legal |first1=US |title=Umbrella Organization Law and Legal Definition {{!}} USLegal, Inc. |url=https://definitions.uslegal.com/u/umbrella-organization/ |access-date=5 February 2018 |website=definitions.uslegal.com}}</ref> Umbrella organizations are prominent in [[Cooperative|cooperatives]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Ortiz |first1=Rosalba |last2=Peris |first2=Jordi |date=January 2021 |title=The Role of Farmers' Umbrella Organizations in Building Transformative Capacity around Grassroots Innovations in Rural Agri-Food Systems in Guatemala |journal=Sustainability |language=en |volume=14 |issue=5 |pages=2695 |doi=10.3390/su14052695 |doi-access=free |issn=2071-1050|hdl=10251/199935 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> and in civil society, and can engage in advocacy or collective bargaining on behalf of their members.<ref>{{Citation |last=Melville |first=Rose |title=Umbrella Organizations |date=2010 |encyclopedia=International Encyclopedia of Civil Society |pages=1577–1582 |editor-last=Anheier |editor-first=Helmut K. |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-93996-4_628 |access-date=2024-04-28 |place=New York, NY |publisher=Springer US |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-93996-4_628 |isbn=978-0-387-93996-4 |editor2-last=Toepler |editor2-first=Stefan|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=":0" /> 

== Examples ==
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* [[AFL–CIO]] and other [[national trade union center]]s
* [[DD172]]
* [[Department of Public Safety]]
* [[European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy]]
* [[European Music Council]]
* [[European Welding Federation|European Federation for Welding, Joining and Cutting]] (EWF)
* [[Federation of Poles in Great Britain]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-08-08 |title=Giles Coren Times article prompts Polish complaints to PCC |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/aug/08/pressandpublishing.thetimes |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}
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* [[Federation of Student Islamic Societies]]
* [[Independent Sector]]
* [[National Retail Federation]]
* [[National Wrestling Alliance]]
* [[Open Source Geospatial Foundation]]
* [[Software in the Public Interest]]
* [[UEFA]]
* [[Ulster Defence Association]]
*[[United Way]]
* [[Yamaguchi-gumi]]
* [[National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia]]
* [[ANC]]
===Asia===
====Bangladesh====
* [[Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh]]
===Europe===
====Russia====
* The former [[KGB]]

====United Kingdom====
* [https://www.bond.org.uk/about-us/ Bond]: network for organisations working in international development 
* [https://www.navca.org.uk/ NAVCA] (National Association for Voluntary and Community Action) (UK)
* [[Transport for London]]
* Maritime UK

===North America===
* [[Canadian GeoAlliance]]
* [[Canadian Hockey League]]
* [[Central Intelligence Agency]]
* [[Jewish Federations of North America]]
* [[Rainbow Railroad]]
* [[Toronto District School Board|Metropolitan Toronto School Board]] and its [[Education in Toronto|six boards]]
* United Fund for the Arts and Humanities
* [[United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation]]

===Global===
* [[International Co-operative Alliance]]
* [[International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements]]
* [[Girls on the Run]]
* United Nations umbrella organizations<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=United Nations Umbrella Organizations |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/207704.pdf |publisher=FSI Transition Center}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Big tent]]
* [[Federation]]
* [[Supraorganization]]
* [[Umbrella brand]]
* [[Umbrella company]]
* [[Umbrella fund]]
* Umbrella school
* [[Umbrella term]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Wiktionary-inline}}

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