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nonprofit

[non-prof-it] / nɒnˈprɒf ɪt /
ADJECTIVE
not for profit
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The center will be built using 100% philanthropic donations from more than half a dozen groups — including Caruso’s nonprofit, Steadfast LA, which helped raise more than $40 million.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Lakers coach JJ Redick, whose nonprofit LA Strong Sports joined in the rec center’s rebuilding and fundraising drive, compared Bass and Caruso’s relationship to an imperfect connection on a sports team.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Back then, the nonprofit had crafted a large language model known as GPT-2, whose advanced text-generating abilities purportedly made it too dangerous for public consumption.

From Slate Sep. 15, 2026

In late August, Joe Benton, who had worked on alignment research at the company, left to join the safety nonprofit METR, saying that competition was forcing companies to underinvest in safety.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

On January 4, I’ll be running in the Disney World Marathon in support of the Diabetes Action Team—a nonprofit organization committed to the prevention and treatment of diabetes.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Some private nonprofits and public institutions already report donor names to the Internal Revenue Service for gifts of at least $5,000, but the IRS is barred from disclosing that information to the public.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Recent wins by nonprofits against the administration include an appeals court ruling in June that the Environmental Protection Agency must uphold strengthened air pollution standards for fine particular matter or soot.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

The FinEd50 coalition, a movement backed by both nonprofits and corporations, is working to expand and improve financial education.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

She said that festivalgoers may be surprised to find that they will someday need help from the same nonprofits they donated to.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

She’s also an apprentice grant writer for “a handful” of nonprofits, and she’s the VP of her university’s Pride organization.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone




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