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nonprofit

[non-prof-it] / nɒnˈprɒf ɪt /
ADJECTIVE
not for profit
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Compared with NYC-DSA’s base, which skews young, college-educated, and not especially well paid—heavy on teachers, social workers, and nonprofit employees—the MYD crowd runs established.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

That’s the number of executions in the U.S. last year—the most since 2009, according to the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The land the tribe inhabited before being evicted is now divided among ranchers, government agencies and a conservation nonprofit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

But for Robin Maher, the director of the US nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center, such matters have always been top-of-mind, she told AFP in an interview.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Could I please give a speech for somebody’s nonprofit?

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

It added that it may explore donating to nonprofits or directly distributing funds to “specific populations.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

The Times looked at the compensation of 16 leaders of other nonprofits in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Anthropic’s president, Daniela Amodei, sister of CEO Dario Amodei, is the wife of Holden Karnofsky, who co-founded two large effective altruist nonprofits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Several nonprofits have launched venture groups to help biotechs advance early-stage science, connect with patients and attract additional investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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


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