The CCC Creative Center has been studying the state and dynamics of the Ukrainian civil society organizations (CSOs) since 2002. The goal of this study was to identify the level of development of the Ukrainian CSOs. The study had the following objectives: i) to define the capacity of CSOs; ii) to review external relations of CSOs; iii) to review the effectiveness of CSO’ program activities; iv) to identify the CSOs’ development trends since 2002.