Social protection in Sri Lanka has two dimensions. Firstly, there is a fairly well-established formal system of social security in place. Secondly, the social security services for those not covered and the poorer sections are provided by their families and through interventions of provider institutions such as NGOs/CBOs and informal group initiatives. The main objective of this study was to carry out a situational analysis of the institutional and organizational scenario covering NGOs/CBOs and other informal initiatives which attend to social security protection through informal methods and means indicating their geographical distribution, organizational features and activity range.