nonprofit
adjective
non·prof·it
ˌnän-ˈprä-fət 
: not conducted or maintained for the purpose of making a profit
a nonprofit organization
a nonprofit research center
nonprofit
noun
Examples of nonprofit in a Sentence
a nonprofit group that provides care to recovering drug addicts
Schools don't pay sales tax on supplies because they have nonprofit status.
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The Texas One Fund, the nonprofit collective supporting UT players, has been pinpointed as one of the nation’s biggest spenders to college athletes.
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Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 11 Mar. 2025
This one, too, involved a young adult whose caretaker—in this case, a nonprofit organization—was the payee.
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Chuck Wexler, who has studied chases as head of the nonprofit Police Executive Research Forum, said Daughtry and the others shouldn’t have even started a pursuit.
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Today, the nonprofit Outer Banks Conservationists has taken over care of the landmark, making sure its light still goes on nightly.
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Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 11 Mar. 2025
This one, too, involved a young adult whose caretaker—in this case, a nonprofit organization—was the payee.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
Chuck Wexler, who has studied chases as head of the nonprofit Police Executive Research Forum, said Daughtry and the others shouldn’t have even started a pursuit.
—Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2025
Today, the nonprofit Outer Banks Conservationists has taken over care of the landmark, making sure its light still goes on nightly.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Nonprofit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonprofit. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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nonprofit
adjective
non·prof·it
ˈnän-ˈpräf-ət
: not existing or carried on for the purpose of making a profit
a nonprofit organization
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