The presented results relate to the study conducted in the period from December 2018 to March 2019, as part of the project “Law and the Economy. Challenges for Poland”2. According to the latest statistics, the role of NGOs is very important from a social point of view. In the context of public trust, the situation of NGOs appears much better than, e.g. the situation of the government. Edelman Trust Barometer (2018) results show that 54% of the Polish society trusts NGOs. The business sector comes second (43%), media – third (34%), and the government – fourth and last (25%). By its definition, the non-governmental sector plays the role of a free electron between society and the broadly understood state. However, due to the fact, that the scope of activities of NGOs in social space is significant, and even some tasks of the government sector are carried out by non-governmental organizations, it was justified to verify the public awareness of their functioning. The aim of the research was to verify how such a high trust index translates into social awareness within the area of NGOs