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nonprofit

[non-prof-it] / nɒnˈprɒf ɪt /
ADJECTIVE
not for profit
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Drolet, who is interning for the CFO’s office of a nonprofit in Dublin, Ireland, is currently more interested in growing his investment portfolio than becoming a homeowner.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

“These systems seem to have some sort of autonomous interest in questions of their own subjectivity,” says Cameron Berg, a Yale-trained data scientist who runs a small nonprofit exploring machine consciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the nonprofit Anti-Defamation League, said on X that showcasing Galliano's work was "the wrong move at the wrong moment."

From Barron's 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

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

She said that festivalgoers may be surprised to find that they will someday need help from the same nonprofits they donated to.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

The coalition includes community colleges, trade organizations and nonprofits, as well as corporate leaders including Nvidia, Bank of America, AT&T, General Motors and more.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

The IRS could also maintain a database of individuals convicted or subjected to sanctions for their activity in the nonprofit sector and have nonprofits affirm that they don’t employ anyone on the list.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Weiner, who has managed literary nonprofits in the past, was well aware of how Microsoft’s change-up would affect the 400,000 small orgs that had taken advantage of the program, and tried to raise broader awareness.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

She’s also an apprentice grant writer for “a handful” of nonprofits, and she’s the VP of her university’s Pride organization.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone




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