Today many sociologists speak about the modern world and the god and bad that it brings. In association to this discussion there is a tendency to speak about an increased individualization, a process that often also means more choices and possibilities. But in addition to this follows a big responsibility for how we choose to live our lives, since our choices not seldom also influences other people, both locally and globally. The aim of this essay is to investigate the importance of non-profit organizations with social direction in our Swedish welfare society and thereby also in a modern world where people's individual choices are becoming all more important. In order to answer my main issue I have implemented thirteen qualitative interviews, of which ten of the informers are from different non-profit organizations and three from different stately authorities. These interviews have afterwards been put together to a result account, which also constitutes the empirical basis for the analysis. I have also with the starting point in some of the theoretical concepts of Bauman, Bourdieu and Giddens, carried out an analysis of the importance of non-profit actions, both in relation to the society and to the individual. The analysis and the empirical material have among other things shown the need of non-profit organizations in our welfare society today. But it should likewise be pointed out that it is important to openly discuss the role of non-profit organizations, both in relation to the welfare State and in relation to those changes and risk forecasts that some of the researchers on the area for the civilian society have predicted.