How to Use nonprofit in a Sentence

nonprofit

adjective
  • Schools don't pay sales tax on supplies because they have nonprofit status.
  • Annelise Cochran, a 30-year-old who worked for an ocean conservation nonprofit, couldn’t get out by car, and the building next to her was on fire.
    Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
  • That’s partly because medicine has swallowed much of the nonprofit sector.
    Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • In an agreement with the city, the nonprofit organization now owns the plot, marking its importance as a resource in one of the city’s many food deserts.
    Hailey Closson, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2023
  • They will be collected in a volume to be produced by the nonprofit publishing house Deep Vellum.
    Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 1 June 2023
  • Chloe also shared that a portion of proceeds earned from sales were donated to the nonprofit Solving Kids' Cancer, raising a total of $9,000.
    Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Those fears have largely come true, at least according to anecdotal accounts like Rose’s and research from nonprofit groups.
    Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The Tribune has been on the cutting edge of a golden age in local nonprofit journalism — and even after Wednesday’s layoffs, remains one of the largest local newsrooms in the country.
    Laura Wagner, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The Common App is a nonprofit platform that enables students to apply to more than 1,000 colleges and universities.
    Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Another study by the nonprofit RMI found that a fifth of childhood asthma cases in California could be attributed to gas stove use.
    Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Widely seen as a pillar of Vietnam’s nonprofit sector and a leading critic of fossil fuels, Hong has led petition drives and protests against coal plants.
    Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 24 June 2023
  • Most nonprofit organizations have at least a few staff members and volunteers whose work puts them in front of the general public.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Garner's special story-time sessions are part of her work for the nonprofit organization Save the Children.
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2024
  • After six years of having cancer-research nonprofit 5 for the Fight as their jersey patch sponsor, the Utah Jazz will announce a new patch partnership on Thursday morning.
    Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The Reflector is one of 39 state-specific news sites funded by States, a nonprofit organization set up to help fill the gap in local news coverage.
    Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Robert inspired her nonprofit Imagination Library, which has given more than 200 million books to children all over the world, and there are tributes to both her parents throughout her theme park.
    Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 16 Oct. 2023
  • And then also begin to establish partnerships with nonprofit hospitals and other groups to try to have the resources to bring to bear to help these communities restore and grow.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Austin now plans to work for a nonprofit organization that advocates for housing.
    Audrey McAvoy, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The nonprofit Tompkins Conservation has worked to preserve and rehabilitate native species like the endangered huemel deer, puma, and Andean condor in and around the park.
    Hillary Richard, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Cabrera, a community outreach worker with the nonprofit Pacoima Beautiful, urged him and others at the Branford Street site to try to protect themselves.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2023
  • She was replaced by Ernestina Simmons, a local nonprofit leader.
    Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The mother of five, 48, recently traveled to Lima, Peru in support of Smile Train, a nonprofit organization that provides cleft palate treatments for children across the globe.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The nonprofit organization helps the Telugu community in the United States.
    USA TODAY, 9 May 2023
  • It was financed with at least $1.8 million from conservative nonprofit groups steered by the judicial activist Leonard Leo, the examination found.
    Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • Josh gave up both a lucrative career on Wall Street and a grad program at Harvard to work for a nonprofit building international affordable housing.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
  • This child-centric approach is integral to the Shriners Children’s mission and manifests throughout the nonprofit hospital system.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 31 July 2023
  • Conditions in the buildings have deteriorated in recent years as cash flow problems led the nonprofit trust to fall behind on maintenance and slash staffing and security.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
  • The petition that was considered Thursday had been filed by the nonprofit advocacy group Public Citizen.
    Laura Gersony, ABC News, 22 June 2023
  • The nonprofit hopes to expand its dispenser network and is evaluating an in-line chlorination system, which would add chlorine in pipes through a simple device installed near the water collection point.
    Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Well, so these rankings come from the Loan Institute, which is a nonprofit think tank and, and the great hospitals on employee pay, equity, cost efficiency, patient safety, and other, other measures.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 20 July 2023

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