nonprofit

See also: non-profit

English

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nonprofit organization

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• non-profit

Etymology

From non- +‎ profit.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General American):

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Adjective

nonprofit (not comparable)

1. Not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain).
   • 1990 February 4, Leonard Tirado, “Privatized 'Recovery' Versus Collective Action”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 5:

     Here in New York, plush rehabilitation centers literally canvass for big-paying clients whose insurance will cover the average $11,000 to $14,000 cost for a month's treatment. Meanwhile, there are only 12,000 non-profit treatment beds in the state for a conservatively estimated 350,000 addicts.

   • 2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 47:

     The site's infrastructure (but not its content) is now run by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), which will be described in depth in Chapter 17.

Synonyms

• not-for-profit
• non-profit-making

Antonyms

• for-profit

Translations

not seeking to produce a profit

Chinese: Cantonese: 非營利 / 非营利 (fei1 jing4 lei6) Mandarin: 非營利 / 非营利 (zh) (fēiyínglì) Czech: neziskový m Danish: ideel, ikke-profitdrivende Dutch: zonder winstoogmerk Esperanto: neprofitcela Finnish: voittoa tavoittelematon French: sans but lucratif, à but non lucratif Georgian: არაკომერციული (araḳomerciuli) German: ohne Gewinnerzielungsabsicht, nonprofit (uncommon) Hungarian: nonprofit (hu) Indonesian: nirlaba (id) Irish: neamhbhrabúis Italian: non a scopo di lucro Japanese: 非営利 (ja) (ひえいり, hieiri) Korean: 비영리(非營利) (biyeongni) Persian: غیرانتفاعی (ġeyre-entefâ'i) (formal, from Arabic) Polish: niedochodowy (pl), non-profit (pl) Portuguese: sem fins lucrativos Russian: некомме́рческий (ru) (nekommérčeskij) Slovak: neziskový m Spanish: sin ánimo de lucro, sin fin lucrativo Swedish: ideell (sv), icke-vinstdrivande Vietnamese: phi lợi nhuận, bất vụ lợi

Noun

nonprofit (plural nonprofits)

1. Ellipsis of nonprofit organization (“an organization that exists for reasons other than to make a profit, such as a charitable, educational or service organization”).
   • 2014 February 27, Adeeb Mahmud, “Beyond charity: three innovative types of business partnerships for nonprofits”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Historically, companies have viewed nonprofits primarily as recipients of their philanthropy – usually in the form of cash and product donations, as well as employee volunteers, in exchange for a boost to their reputations or stronger relationships with local stakeholders.

   • 2018 July 25, Alana Semuels, “How Silicon Valley Has Disrupted Philanthropy”, in The Atlantic‎, archived from the original on 15 December 2020:

     The people who made millions or billions from these companies are now changing yet another sector of the American economy: philanthropy. They’re forcing nonprofits to become incubators and disruptors, rather than just service providers, and to think about how they sell themselves, how they measure what they do, and what programs will attract money.

   • 2023 February 22, Jeneen Interlandi, Donavon Smallwood, “One Year Inside a Radical New Approach to America’s Overdose Crisis”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 22 February 2023:

     They make up one of three community outreach teams employed by OnPoint, a New York City nonprofit that provides services for people who use drugs.

   • 2023 March 18, Jane Margolies, “How the Head of a Shelter for Young L.G.B.T.Q. Adults Spends Sundays”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 March 2023:

     The shelter, an independent nonprofit, was originally a pilot project of Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan, and still occupies its basement on the Upper West Side.

Synonyms

• not-for-profit
• NPO

Translations

non-profit organization — see also NPO

Armenian: շահույթ չհետապնդող կազմակերպություն (šahuytʻ čʻhetapndoġ kazmakerputʻyun), հասարակական կազմակերպություն (hy) (hasarakakan kazmakerputʻyun) Catalan: organització sense ànim de lucre f Chinese: Mandarin: 非營利組織 / 非营利组织 (zh) (fēiyínglì zǔzhī), 非營利機構 / 非营利机构 (fēiyínglì jīgòu) Czech: neziskovka (cs) f Danish: ideel organisation c Dutch: non-profitorganisatie (nl) f, non-profitinstelling f, vereniging zonder winstoogmerk f Esperanto: neprofitcela organizo Finnish: voittoa tavoittelematon yhdistys, yleishyödyllinen yhteisö French: association sans but lucratif f Georgian: არაკომერციული ორგანიზაცია (araḳomerciuli organizacia), საზოგადოებრივი ორგანიზაცია (sazogadoebrivi organizacia), საქველმოქმედო ორგანიზაცია (sakvelmokmedo organizacia) German: Non-Profit-Organisation f Irish: eagraíocht neamhbhrabúis f Italian: organizzazione non a scopo di lucro f Korean: 비영리 단체(非營利團體) (biyeongni danche) Polish: organizacja non-profit f Portuguese: organização sem fins lucrativos f Russian: некомме́рческая организа́ция (ru) f (nekommérčeskaja organizácija) Slovak: nezisková organizácia f, neziskovka f Spanish: organización sin ánimo de lucro f, organización sin fin lucrativo f Swedish: ideell organisation c Vietnamese: tổ chức phi lợi nhuận, tổ chức bất vụ lợi

Further reading

• nonprofit, non-profit at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English nonprofit.

Adjective

nonprofit (not comparable)

1. (chiefly in compounds, otherwise uncommon) nonprofit

   Nonprofitunternehmen ― nonprofit enterprise

   • 2013 August 29, Gabriele Goettle, “Gesundheit neu gedacht: Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:

     In den USA hat sich beim Preisvergleich im Medicare-System gezeigt, am preiswertesten arbeiten Kaiser Permanente und die Mayo-Clinic, die sind nonprofit, und es gibt keine kleinlichen materiellen Vorgaben für die Behandlung der Kranken wie bei uns.

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   • 2018 March 15, Julian Weber, “Kepler 452b-Rave”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN, page 26:

     Es wird geravt im Funkhaus Nalepastraße. „Kepler 452b“ klingt danach, Lichtjahre von der Realität entfernt zu sein. Motto des Techno-Performance-Festivals: „nonprofit und nomadisch“, Levitation pur.

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