> Registrants are required to certify that they meet the following eligibility requirements when registering a .NGO or .ONG domain name:
> 1. Focused on acting in the public interest. [...] work for the good of humankind and/or the preservation of the planet
> 5. Active Organizations. Members of the .NGO and .ONG community are actively pursuing their missions on a regular basis.
> 6. Structured. Members of the .NGO and .ONG community, whether large or small, operate in a structured manner (e.g., under bylaws, codes of conduct, organizational standards, or other governance structures.)
> 1. Focused on acting in the public interest. [...] work for the good of humankind and/or the preservation of the planet
Operating a publicly available lengthening service is in the public interest and is working for the good of all humans. I used to use hugeurl, but it's no longer in service.
> 5. Active Organizations. Members of the .NGO and .ONG community are actively pursuing their missions on a regular basis.
This is an active organization, pursing a mission of longer urls for the good of all. Maybe this sounds frivolous, but there's a lot of frivolous but chartered 501(c)(3)s, and the requirements doesn't specifically require a registrant to be registered as a non-profit or charity or similar (although such a registration is likely to satisfy an audit, tax records showing a lack of profits/retained earnings may be sufficient)
> 6. Structured. Members of the .NGO and .ONG community, whether large or small, operate in a structured manner (e.g., under bylaws, codes of conduct, organizational standards, or other governance structures.)
We don't have evidence of how it's operated. Many organizations operate websites without publishing their bylaws. Although, I'll grant that circumstantial evidence seems to be that it's operated by an individual.
The .ong domain has a policy that has criteria. https://thenew.org/org-people/about-pir/policies/ngo-and-ong...
These are not hard to meet, nor should they be.