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nonprofit
[ non-prof-it ]
adjective
- not established for the purpose of making a profit; not entered into for money:
a nonprofit institution.
noun
- a nonprofit organization, institution, corporation, or other entity.
nonprofit
/ ɒˈɒɪ /
adjective
- another word for non-profit-making
noun
- an organization that is not intended to make a profit
Word History and Origins
Origin of nonprofit1
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Example Sentences
Two years ago, the Catholic bishops of Tulsa and Oklahoma City formed a private, nonprofit corporation to establish the nation’s first religious charter school.
OC Community Cats, a nonprofit organization that aims to help manage Orange County’s stray and feral cat population, posted about the event but told The Times it was not the main organizer.
They had already onboarded all of their authors — which included federal government employees and researchers from academia and nonprofits — and submitted a preliminary draft for review.
The president’s stated effort to make the government more efficient is creating deep uncertainty in communities across the country, with state governments, research institutions and nonprofits unable to rely on federal aid and grants.
About 6,000 drug tests are believed to have generated false positive results in 2024, according to attorneys at UnCommon Law, a nonprofit advocacy group that represents inmates seeking parole.
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