for-profit
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In 2021, the most recent available public tax filing, the WallBuilders nonprofit paid Barton’s for-profit entities $267,071 in royalty fees for sales of his books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Newsom is working behind closed doors on legislation to further protect Edison and the state’s two other big for-profit electric utilities from the cost of wildfires caused by their equipment, the Times reported this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The hospice industry has grown, fueled in part by the aging U.S. population, and there has been a boom in for-profit companies entering the industry.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Microsoft owns roughly 27% of the ChatGPT maker’s for-profit arm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
So together, Reader and Vincent used HeLa cells as the springboard to launch the first industrial-scale, for-profit cell distribution center.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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