How to Use not-for-profit in a Sentence

not-for-profit

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  • That's where the volunteer pilots of the not-for-profit Turtles Fly Too have come to the rescue.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 30 June 2023
  • It’s used by gringo academics and not-for-profit rent-seekers.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Kaiser Permanente is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health providers.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The Dixon was chartered as a not-for-profit corporation and opened in 1976.
    Mark Russell, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
  • From July 1, cannabis will be available in licensed not-for-profit clubs with no more than 500 members – all of whom would have to be adults.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The show opening follows a 5 p.m. annual meeting of the members of the not-for-profit art center.
    Joan Rusek, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The Power San Diego Campaign touts that about 20 not-for-profit electric utilities have been formed across the country in the last 20 years.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The city needs the private sector, for-profit and not-for-profit, and the city needs regular Angelenos.
    Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Netscape open-sourced its software and reappeared as the not-for-profit Mozilla and the browser Firefox.
    Suzannah Showler, WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
  • From July 1, cannabis would also be available in licensed not-for-profit clubs with no more than 500 members – all of whom would have to be adults.
    Nadine Schmidt, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Holy Cross, is a member of Trinity Health and is a not-for-profit, Catholic teaching hospital.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2024
  • Throughout the year, the not-for-profit puts on events like movie nights in the gardens, sunset happy hours with live music, and workshops on how to grow your own native varieties.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 July 2024
  • Throughout the year, the not-for-profit puts on events like movie nights in the gardens, sunset happy hours with live music, and workshops on how to grow your own native varieties.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
  • The North Hollywood not-for-profit recovery program had the actor sweeping floors and cleaning bathrooms for a year back in the early 2000s.
    Jason McGahan, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024
  • But not all not-for-profit groups are exempt from paying property taxes.
    Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
  • Founded in 1945 in Oakland, California, Kaiser Permanente is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health providers.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Jacki, the Executive Director at a New York not-for-profit, felt something wasn’t right.
    Jane Hanson, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The vote this week would have the city use Invest Aurora, the city’s not-for-profit economic development partner, to buy the properties.
    Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2024
  • For those wanting to give back, try Ibiza Horse Valley – a not-for-profit sanctuary that saves from abandonment or mistreatment.
    Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2024
  • These not-for-profit institutions are created and owned by their customers, who are called members.
    Becca Stanek, The Week, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Rolex operates as a Swiss not-for-profit, and likely discloses no financial records to the Swiss government.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 18 July 2024
  • The American Kennel Club, which bills itself as the world’s largest not-for-profit all-breed registry, opposes the moratorium.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Since they are run by a not-for-profit organization, they are no longer legally allowed to endorse candidates.
    Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
  • In August, Uribe was accused of padding her household income by giving hundreds of free luxury-box tickets to a not-for-profit group run by her husband.
    Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Generally not-for-profit corporations must have governing boards, but details on the makeup of such a structure have not been shared with the public.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Mozilla Corporation, a subsidiary of the not-for-profit foundation that Surman heads, remains a developer of free open source browsers, apps, code and tools.
    Diane Brady, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The duo are heading a group that is modernizing the Hill Street site, which will be run by a new not-for-profit organization and resume its year-round mission of serving moviegoers.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Printed Matter was the respected Manhattan not-for-profit dedicated to the advancement of artists’ books.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Visit Florida Keys is a not-for-profit company that runs the agency’s executive office and handles goods and services.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The hospital lightning round Several not-for-profit hospital systems posted first-quarter financials in the past week as well.
    Bob Herman Reprints, STAT, 8 May 2023

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