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Nonprofit

An organization that exists for reasons other than to make a profit, such as a charitable, educational or service organization.

📖 Definitions of "Nonprofit"

noun

1
An organization that exists for reasons other than to make a profit, such as a charitable, educational or service organization.
"Employees of a nonprofit rarely make as much as greedy counterparts in the commercial world."

adjective

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
noncommercialnoun	Not engaged in commerce.
non-profit-making	Synonym of non-profit and nonprofit.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
noncommercial	Not engaged in commerce.
non-profit-making	Synonym of non-profit and nonprofit.
non-profit	Alternative form of nonprofit. [Not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain).]
charitable	Kind, generous.
lucrative	Producing a surplus; profitable.
not-for-profit	(of a company or organization) Providing goods or services, but not for the purpose of making a profit.
for-profit	(business, of an organization) For the purpose of making money, especially in relation to an organization that was not formerly, or is not usually, run to make money.
nfpnoun	Initialism of not-for-profit. [A not-for-profit company or organization.]
altruistic	Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish
eleemosynarynoun	Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving.
philanthropical	philanthropic
philanthropic	Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind
humanitariannoun	Relating to people's welfare.
benevolent	Having a disposition to do good.
tax-exempt	Exempt from paying tax; not subject to taxation.
voluntarynoun	Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
community-based	—
service-oriented	(software engineering) Of an architectural style focusing on discrete services instead of a monolithic design.
nonprofiting	Not making a profit.
nonprofiteering	Not profiteering.