Legally, there are many types of nonprofits in the world. A large share of them are charities, but other types of nonprofits include business leagues, professional associations, cooperatives, labor organizations, and more. The general issues regarding conflicts of interest exist for all types of nonprofits, but it is essential to recognize that the legal expectations generally are more stringent for charities than for most other types of nonprofits. This is true for charities in the United States, and for charities in the nations of the United Kingdom and throughout much of the rest of Europe. Thus, when this article from the fall 2019 edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly discusses charities, it explicitly addresses nonprofits that have been recognized as such by their home nation, and the legal, ethical, and political expectations that accrue to this specific type of nonprofit organization.