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"text": "The site's infrastructure (but not its content) is now run by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), which will be described in depth in Chapter 17.",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
"word": "sans but lucratif"
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"roman": "araḳomerciuli",
"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
"word": "არაკომერციული"
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
"word": "ohne Gewinnerzielungsabsicht"
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
"word": "nirlaba"
},
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
"word": "neamhbhrabúis"
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
"word": "non a scopo di lucro"
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
"word": "非営利"
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"note": "from Arabic",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
"word": "phi lợi nhuận"
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
"word": "bất vụ lợi"
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"word": "Alcoholics Anonymous"
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"word": "Black International"
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"word": "Girl Scouts"
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"word": "Greenpeace"
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"word": "Red Crescent"
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"word": "The definition and scope of nonprofit perhaps needs clarification. Relations of nonprofit to NGO"
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"word": "political party"
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"word": "charity and church need clarification: all intuitively meet the definition of being not for profit."
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"word": "WordNet has \"nonprofit\" and NGO"
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"word": "both subclasses of organization. NGO is not a subclass of nonprofit. An example of NGO is Red Cross. No example of nonprofit is given. A political party is not made for profit"
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"word": "but WordNet does not have it as a nonprofit. WordNet has church as indirect hyponym of organization and not of nonprofit."
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"word": "NCIT distinguishes nonprofit organization from non-profit corporation"
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"word": "the latter being a species of corporation"
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"word": "the former not."
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"word": "Wikidata distinguishes NPO from NGO"
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"word": "where NGO is a subclass of NPO."
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"word": "This entry tentatively follows the model of Wikidata by ranking NGO as hyponym of NPO"
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"word": "contrary to WordNet. More research needed."
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"ref": "2014 February 27, Adeeb Mahmud, “Beyond charity: three innovative types of business partnerships for nonprofits”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
"text": "Historically, companies have viewed nonprofits primarily as recipients of their philanthropy – usually in the form of cash and product donations, as well as employee volunteers, in exchange for a boost to their reputations or stronger relationships with local stakeholders.",
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"ref": "2018 July 25, Alana Semuels, “How Silicon Valley Has Disrupted Philanthropy”, in The Atlantic",
"text": "The people who made millions or billions from these companies are now changing yet another sector of the American economy: philanthropy. They’re forcing nonprofits to become incubators and disruptors, rather than just service providers, and to think about how they sell themselves, how they measure what they do, and what programs will attract money.",
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"ref": "2023 February 22, Jeneen Interlandi, Donavon Smallwood, “One Year Inside a Radical New Approach to America’s Overdose Crisis”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "They make up one of three community outreach teams employed by OnPoint, a New York City nonprofit that provides services for people who use drugs.",
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"ref": "2023 March 18, Jane Margolies, “How the Head of a Shelter for Young L.G.B.T.Q. Adults Spends Sundays”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "The shelter, an independent nonprofit, was originally a pilot project of Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan, and still occupies its basement on the Upper West Side.",
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"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"word": "շահույթ չհետապնդող կազմակերպություն"
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"word": "非營利組織"
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"word": "voittoa tavoittelematon yhdistys"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "yleishyödyllinen yhteisö"
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"word": "არაკომერციული ორგანიზაცია"
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"roman": "sakvelmokmedo organizacia",
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"word": "eagraíocht neamhbhrabúis"
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"word": "organização sem fins lucrativos"
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"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
"word": "არაკომერციული"
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
"word": "sem fins lucrativos"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
"word": "phi lợi nhuận"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "not seeking to produce a profit",
"word": "bất vụ lợi"
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"nonprofit organization"
],
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"ref": "2014 February 27, Adeeb Mahmud, “Beyond charity: three innovative types of business partnerships for nonprofits”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
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"ref": "2018 July 25, Alana Semuels, “How Silicon Valley Has Disrupted Philanthropy”, in The Atlantic",
"text": "The people who made millions or billions from these companies are now changing yet another sector of the American economy: philanthropy. They’re forcing nonprofits to become incubators and disruptors, rather than just service providers, and to think about how they sell themselves, how they measure what they do, and what programs will attract money.",
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"ref": "2023 February 22, Jeneen Interlandi, Donavon Smallwood, “One Year Inside a Radical New Approach to America’s Overdose Crisis”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "They make up one of three community outreach teams employed by OnPoint, a New York City nonprofit that provides services for people who use drugs.",
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"ref": "2023 March 18, Jane Margolies, “How the Head of a Shelter for Young L.G.B.T.Q. Adults Spends Sundays”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šahuytʻ čʻhetapndoġ kazmakerputʻyun",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"word": "շահույթ չհետապնդող կազմակերպություն"
},
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hasarakakan kazmakerputʻyun",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"word": "հասարակական կազմակերպություն"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "organització sense ànim de lucre"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"word": "非營利組織"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fēiyínglì zǔzhī",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"word": "非营利组织"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "neziskovka"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ideel organisation"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "non-profitorganisatie"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "non-profitinstelling"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "vereniging zonder winstoogmerk"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"word": "neprofitcela organizo"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"word": "voittoa tavoittelematon yhdistys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"word": "yleishyödyllinen yhteisö"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "association sans but lucratif"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "araḳomerciuli organizacia",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"word": "არაკომერციული ორგანიზაცია"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sazogadoebrivi organizacia",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"word": "საზოგადოებრივი ორგანიზაცია"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sakvelmokmedo organizacia",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"word": "საქველმოქმედო ორგანიზაცია"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Non-Profit-Organisation"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eagraíocht neamhbhrabúis"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "organizzazione non a scopo di lucro"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "organizacja non-profit"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "organização sem fins lucrativos"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nekommérčeskaja organizácija",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "некомме́рческая организа́ция"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "nezisková organizácia"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
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"word": "neziskovka"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "organización sin ánimo de lucro"
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"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"tags": [
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"word": "ideell organisation"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"word": "tổ chức phi lợi nhuận"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "non-profit organization — see also NPO",
"word": "tổ chức bất vụ lợi"
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