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not-for-profit organization

British  

noun

  1. an organization that is not intended to make a profit, esp one set up to provide a public service

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Barber, who is now president of the national, not-for-profit organization Repairers of the Breach, said last year that he had “lost a true brother in the struggle.”

From Washington Times

The Washington Times Foundation, a not-for-profit organization founded in 1984 in part to promote the values of freedom, faith, family and service, is a sponsoring partner of the IRF Summit.

From Washington Times

Politicorecently reported that Crisis Text Line, a not-for-profit organization claiming to be a secure and confidential resource to those in crisis, was sharing data it collected from users with its for-profit spin-off company Loris AI, which develops customer service software.

From Scientific American

“We have to cast a great story moving forward, and that story has a lot of parts that have to be played — civic leaders, artistic leaders, people who understand deeply the finances of a not-for-profit organization, people who are connectors in the community. So the diversity of the board that we’re looking for is like a great cast to tell a great story.”

From Seattle Times

“You hurt a substantial not-for-profit organization,” Judge Sidney H. Stein said in a federal courtroom in Manhattan on Monday.

From New York Times