Meaning & use

nonprofit

noun·Everyday

An organization not established or run to make a financial profit.

See it in a sentence

The nonprofit provides free tutoring to children in low-income neighborhoods.

She left her corporate job to work for a nonprofit focused on clean water.

A note on using this word

Functions as both a noun for the organization itself and an adjective, as in "nonprofit organization."

Words with a similar meaning

not-for-profit

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Words with an opposite meaning

for-profitcorporation

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