for profit

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Researchers found that for-profit nursing homes were more likely to have lower ratings than nonprofits.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

The report noted that the Oakland-based healthcare system’s corporate pension, Kaiser Permanente Group Trust, holds assets in CoreCivic and the GEO Group, the two largest for-profit prison corporations in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

The company’s better-than expected earnings were propelled by its new deal with OpenAI, signed in October as part of a restructuring the startup completed to create a for-profit arm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

In the post, OpenAI said its founders and Musk had actually agreed in 2017 that a for-profit structure would be the next phase for the company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 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