nonprofit
adjective
non·prof·it
ˌnän-ˈprä-fət 
: not conducted or maintained for the purpose of making a profit
a nonprofit organization
a nonprofit research center
nonprofit
noun
Examples of nonprofit in a Sentence
a nonprofit group that provides care to recovering drug addicts
Schools don't pay sales tax on supplies because they have nonprofit status.
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Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
After a restructuring in October, the nonprofit foundation arm owned 26%, while OpenAI employees owned 26%.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 4 May 2026
Just days before the trial started, Elon Musk tried to settle his lawsuit, which alleges that under Sam Altman’s direction, OpenAI abandoned its mission to serve as a nonprofit making AI to benefit humanity.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 4 May 2026
All three municipal courses had been managed by the nonprofit National Links Trust.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 4 May 2026
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“Nonprofit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonprofit. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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nonprofit
adjective
non·prof·it
ˈnän-ˈpräf-ət
: not existing or carried on for the purpose of making a profit
a nonprofit organization
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