.ong

Overview

• .ong is a community generic top-level domain (gTLD) intended for non-governmental organizations.
• The string "ong" is an abbreviation used in several Romance languages for non-governmental organizations (French: "Organisation Non Gouvernementale", Spanish: "Organización No Gubernamental", Portuguese: "Organização Não Governamental", Italian: "Organizzazioni Non Governative", Romanian: "organizație neguvernamentală").
• The TLD was proposed and delegated as part of ICANN's New gTLD Program and is positioned to serve the NGO and non-profit sector.

History

• Managed by the Public Interest Registry (PIR) and operated in the registry backend by Afilias.
• The .ong string was delegated to the DNS root zone on 28 July 2014.
• PIR filed applications for both .ngo and .ong and positioned these strings as a natural extension of its work with not-for-profit organizations (PIR also operates .org).
• In February 2013 PIR began offering pre-registration (expressions of interest) for .ngo and .ong as an alert/service for potential registrants prior to general availability.

Usage and Audience

• Target audience: non-governmental organizations, non-profits, membership organizations and related civil society groups worldwide.
• Intended to provide a dedicated, recognizable namespace for NGOs, particularly in regions using Romance languages where the abbreviation "ONG" is standard.

Registration Rules

• The application for .ong was submitted as a Community Priority Application with explicit eligibility validation requirements.
• Registrants are expected to demonstrate affiliation through NGO membership organizations or provide evidence of NGO status as part of eligibility validation.

Notable Cases or Examples

• PIR's early marketing and operational steps included pre-registration (expressions of interest) beginning in February 2013 to notify potential registrants when names would become available.
• PIR publicly announced its filings and rationale for applying for .ngo and .ong, emphasizing service to the public interest and not-for-profit community.

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domain:       ONG

organisation: Public Interest Registry
address:      11911 Freedom Drive,
address:      10th Floor, Suite 1000
address:      Reston VA 20190
address:      United States of America (the)

contact:      administrative
name:         Director of Operations, Compliance and Customer Support
organisation: Public Interest Registry (PIR)
address:      11911 Freedom Drive,
address:      10th Floor, Suite 1000
address:      Reston VA 20190
address:      United States of America (the)
phone:        +1 703 889 5778
fax-no:       +1 703 889 5779
e-mail:       ops@pir.org

contact:      technical
name:         Senior Director, DNS Infrastructure Group
organisation: Identity Digital Limited
address:      c/o Identity Digital Inc.
address:      10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address:      Bellevue WA 98004
address:      United States of America (the)
phone:        +1.425.298.2200
fax-no:       +1.425.671.0020
e-mail:       tldtech@identity.digital

nserver:      A0.NIC.ONG 199.19.56.1 2001:500:e:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      A2.NIC.ONG 199.249.112.1 2001:500:40:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      B0.NIC.ONG 199.19.54.1 2001:500:c:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      B2.NIC.ONG 199.249.120.1 2001:500:48:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      C0.NIC.ONG 199.19.53.1 2001:500:b:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      D0.NIC.ONG 199.19.57.1 2001:500:f:0:0:0:0:1
ds-rdata:     45685 8 2 535cba6cfb082ffcce6584c2958dcbdf706a21de784096a2738b3acd8d643032

whois:        whois.nic.ong

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: http://nic.ong

created:      2014-07-10
changed:      2025-08-14
source:       IANA