nonprofit
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3.3
- adjective
- /ˈnɒnˌprɒfɪt/
- US
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sin ánimo de lucro
- Jamie now runs the nonprofit organization that is committed to helping others with similar issues worldwide.
- a nonprofit organization
- public and nonprofit
- private and nonprofit
She was doing some, some work there, nonprofit work.
- She was doing some, some work there, nonprofit work.
- There are a lot of great examples throughout business, government, and the nonprofit world as well.
- They sit on a nonprofit board, they sit on an education board.
- It can be a corporation that goes to the profit for profit, can be a nonprofit corporation.
- If it's successful and nonprofit and impactful, odds are we support it.
- All three of them were the ones that created this nonprofit capped profit model.
Examples
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Graham Estates is a nonprofit organization.
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In this article, we report on findings from a national online survey of nonprofit and public managers.
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But we're a nonprofit organization.
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And so I spent my first, the first part of my career in the nonprofit space focused on impact driven companies.
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I do banking for some nonprofit arts foundations.
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We are a nonprofit society and have no dues or fees of any kind.
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One was the Lacawac Sanctuary, a nonprofit nature preserve managed by a volunteer board.
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The One Maryland One Book Program is a reading program sponsored by the nonprofit Maryland Humanities Council.
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The Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA) is a national nonprofit conservation organization.
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The charity is a nonprofit organization that relies on donations to operate.
Synonyms
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4.4
Not intended to make money
A group that does not try to make money and helps people or a cause
Not making a profit or giving useful results
Compounds
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3.0
A group that helps people or the community without trying to make money
How Commercial
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonprofit is made of non- meaning 'not' and profit meaning 'money you make'. So, as an adjective it describes something 'not intended to make money', like a project or group that focuses on help, art, or service rather than earning income.