not-for-profit

adjective

not-for-prof·​it ˈnät-fər-ˈprä-fət How to pronounce not-for-profit (audio)

Examples of not-for-profit in a Sentence

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At the time, Needham said Victory was owned by a local foundation as a not-for-profit hospital. Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025 Mark Lasko is the CEO of Samaritan Recovery Community, an SUD treatment facility in Nashville, TN. Many not-for-profit (NFP) organizations are founded with a specific desire to be separate and distinct from for-profit businesses. Mark Lasko, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025 In early March, two Chicago area not-for-profit organizations representing immigrant communities and workers sued the Treasury Department to prevent disclosing sensitive information of taxpayers who file ITINs to the IRS. Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025 Pérez in 2019 founded Miami not-for-profit experimental art space El Espacio 23. News Desk, Artforum, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for not-for-profit

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of not-for-profit was in 1919

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“Not-for-profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not-for-profit. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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