How to Use not-for-profit in a Sentence

not-for-profit

adjective
  • It’s used by gringo academics and not-for-profit rent-seekers.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But not-for-profit hospitals cannot solve the challenge alone.
    Russell Cox, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Kaiser Permanente is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health providers.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023
  • That is where not-for-profit health systems play a critical role in health equity.
    Russell Cox, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • But not all not-for-profit groups are exempt from paying property taxes.
    Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
  • Discounts are available for not-for-profit festivals.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The film office is a not-for-profit overseen by a 27-member board of directors.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Siegel is also a board member of the private not-for-profit Alliance for Aging.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
  • These not-for-profit institutions are created and owned by their customers, who are called members.
    Becca Stanek, The Week, 16 Mar. 2023
  • How the government interacts with the not-for-profit sector and the private sector.
    Mena Mirhom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Musk wants the court to order those gains to be returned to the part of OpenAI that's still not-for-profit.
    John Ruwitch, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Votes were submitted on the website of the not-for-profit trust for just over two weeks this month, with the polls closing on March 16.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The Dixon was chartered as a not-for-profit corporation and opened in 1976.
    Mark Russell, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
  • The city needs the private sector, for-profit and not-for-profit, and the city needs regular Angelenos.
    Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The British monarch has been a patron of the not-for-profit organization from Day One.
    Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 28 Jan. 2025
  • That's where the volunteer pilots of the not-for-profit Turtles Fly Too have come to the rescue.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 30 June 2023
  • If your idea of a great trip includes learning, Road Scholars, a not-for-profit travel outfitter, is for you.
    Tykesha Spivey Burton, Essence, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Netscape open-sourced its software and reappeared as the not-for-profit Mozilla and the browser Firefox.
    Suzannah Showler, WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Sharp said credit unions, as not-for-profit cooperatives, use the revenue to offer lower rates to customers.
    Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Alternativa is a not-for-profit org that supports impact films from the Global South.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 15 July 2026
  • BIDs are not-for-profit companies funded by those who live and work in them via a levy based on the rateable value of their properties.
    Roger Trapp, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • From July 1, cannabis will be available in licensed not-for-profit clubs with no more than 500 members – all of whom would have to be adults.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
  • At the time, Needham said Victory was owned by a local foundation as a not-for-profit hospital.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Throughout the year, the not-for-profit puts on events like movie nights in the gardens, sunset happy hours with live music, and workshops on how to grow your own native varieties.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 July 2024
  • Fifa’s status as a not-for-profit means its money is redistributed to build footballing infrastructure in those nations.
    Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 29 July 2026
  • Since then it’s become known as one of the most successful not-for-profit theaters in the country, hosting numerous large-scale touring productions each year.
    Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 2 July 2025
  • From July 1, cannabis would also be available in licensed not-for-profit clubs with no more than 500 members – all of whom would have to be adults.
    Nadine Schmidt, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The few details about the process have come from Missouri 811, the not-for-profit notification center.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Holy Cross, is a member of Trinity Health and is a not-for-profit, Catholic teaching hospital.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2024

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