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nonprofit vs not-for-profit

nonprofit

Definitions

adjective

  1. not commercially motivated

noun

  1. an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities

Examples

The committee submitted guidelines that applied to off-air recording by nonprofit educational institutions.

For the 1999-2000 school year EF cashed in some of its stock donated from start-ups and put $325,000 to work for the nonprofit.

It's a clever business tactic: Not only is the donation tax-deductible, but participating nonprofits bring in their lists, and shoppers are incentivized to buy, knowing the profits go to worthy causes.

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not-for-profit

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noun

  1. an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities

Examples

Ochsner Health System to acquire NSRMCThe private, not-for-profit Ochsner Health System today announced the signing of a definitive agreem ...

In March 2009, Wheeler was hired as a part-time consultant for The MITRE Corp., a not-for-profit organization that provides systems engineering, research and development and information technology support to the government.

Changes that define whether piracy is for profit or not have set a threshold that will allow not-for-profit offenders to get off scot-free, Lee said.

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