NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonprofit organization mean? 

• NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION (noun)
  The noun NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION has 1 sense:

1. an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities

  Familiarity information: NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION (noun)

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Meaning:

An organization chartered for other than profit-making activities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

nonprofit; nonprofit organization; not-for-profit

Hypernyms ("nonprofit organization" is a kind of...):

organisation; organization (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business)

 Context examples 

The research was conducted in partnership with the International Council on Clean Transportation, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization, and Environmental Health Analytics LLC.

(Diesel Pollutes More Than Lab Tests Detect, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Winds and converging ocean currents funnel the garbage into a central location, said the study's lead author, Laurent Lebreton of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation, a nonprofit organization that spearheaded the research.

(Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Growing Rapidly, Study Finds, VOA)

The Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support and Education is a nonprofit organization based in Vancouver, Washington, founded to improve the quality of live of lung cancer patients through raising awareness of issues concerning lung cancer diagnosis and treatment; psychosocial support; and providing education.

(Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy Support and Education, NCI Thesaurus)