The most common causes of controlling behavior in a spouse are the result of modeling after a controlling parent or of a narcissistic personality. Another reason is a stressful and traumatic childhood and adolescence as a result of having an addicted, extremely angry or narcissistic parent.
In round numbers, the ownership breaks down like this(1): 1  The Federal government owns about 200, including military hospitals and veterans hospitals. 2  State and local governments own about 1,000. 3  Another 1,000 are owned by for-profit companies.  The remaining 3,000 are owned by not-for-profit organizations.
Many government services and programs have been privatized in the past decade, leading to dramatic growth in the size and activity of NGOs. According to the Urban Institute, there are currently about 1.5 million nonprofit organizations in the United States, an increase of 25 percent since 2001.