nonprofit

[non-prof-it]

adjective

1. not established for the purpose of making a profit; not entered into for money.

   a nonprofit institution.

noun

1. a nonprofit organization, institution, corporation, or other entity.

nonprofit

/ nɒnˈprɒfɪt /

adjective

1. another word for non-profit-making

noun

1. an organization that is not intended to make a profit

Word History and Origins

Origin of nonprofit¹

First recorded in 1900–05; non- + profit

Example Sentences

Remember the Internal Revenue Service scandal of 2013, when it came out that the IRS under the Obama administration had targeted conservative nonprofits for harassment?

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The goal is to equip more nonprofit workers to become partially accredited to represent clients in front of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.

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So you may be impacted when the time comes, says Richard Johnson, senior fellow at the Urban Institute, a nonprofit economic and social research organization in Washington, D.C.

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“Many of the students are going to state and local governments, nonprofits, and think tanks, but increasingly don’t see the federal government as a place where they can make a difference or make a career.”

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The National Foundation for Credit Counseling is a nonprofit organization that can help you put together a budget and a realistic plan to pay off your debt.

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