not-for-profit

adjective

not-for-prof·​it ˈnät-fər-ˈprä-fət 

: nonprofit

Examples of not-for-profit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

From 2001 until 2025, Dohn Community High School operated under Ohio Law as a not-for-profit organization to serve as an addiction recovery program for high school students. — Christian Cervantes, AZCentral.com, 6 Sep. 2026

The not-for-profit production, whose cast, crew and collaborators are donating their time, transferred to London following a run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

Katrina Shadix, who leads the not-for-profit Bear Warriors United, said her group may again pay hunters who win a bear permit not to use it. — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

Trustees already managed separate health systems through a not-for-profit that was primed to take ownership of its athletics offshoot. — James Pollard, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for not-for-profit

• nonprofit
• profit
• prophet
• soffit