nonprofit
adjective
not established for the purpose of making a profit; not entered into for money.
nonprofits
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pluralof nonprofit.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Doe, 86, sued UFW Foundation and the César Chávez Foundation as Chavéz’s employers, saying the nonprofits enabled his attacks, ignored and rebuffed contemporary complaints about them, and covered up evidence they had occurred.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Some private nonprofits and public institutions already report donor names to the Internal Revenue Service for gifts of at least $5,000, but the IRS is barred from disclosing that information to the public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Recent wins by nonprofits against the administration include an appeals court ruling in June that the Environmental Protection Agency must uphold strengthened air pollution standards for fine particular matter or soot.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The FinEd50 coalition, a movement backed by both nonprofits and corporations, is working to expand and improve financial education.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Here were women, all of them under thirty and some as young as sixteen, who were building nonprofits, training other women to be entrepreneurs, and risking imprisonment to report on government corruption.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
