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nonprofit

[non-prof-it] / nɒnˈprɒf ɪt /
ADJECTIVE
not for profit
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Britain’s harvest may be the smallest on record, driving up already high food prices, according to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, a U.K. nonprofit.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

One of its teachers posted about the ban on X, prompting Cyrus’s nonprofit organization, Happy Hippie Foundation, to publicly encourage the affected first-graders.

From Salon Aug. 29, 2026

They were written in Kansas City, Mo., by a private nonprofit.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

"She was doing everything that she could to get help, and for whatever reason, she still slipped through the cracks," said Adrienne Griffen, executive director of the nonprofit Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

The business plan for a community development nonprofit is nestled in my carry-on briefcase, alongside a photo of that sneaker and its jumble of shoelace.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

By requiring nonprofits to disclose only whether someone on staff has been found liable for wrongdoing, the purported regulation under consideration only hooks onto individuals’ conduct.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

He now runs Grantlytics, a company he founded that uses AI to help nonprofits find funders.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

As they’ve related online, these already resource-strapped nonprofits have lost troves of data, are struggling to continue their operations, and have been left unable to make up the technology gaps with alternative services.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

Child-care nonprofits are taking advantage of declining enrollment at TK-12 schools to turn vacant classrooms and even closed campuses into child-care hubs, expanding scarce infant and toddler slots.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Most of us were deep into our thirties and working in all sorts of careers, from banking and government to nonprofits.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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