Thesaurus:nonprofit

Thesaurus

nonprofit

English

Noun

Sense: organization set up for a purpose different than to make monetary profit

Synonyms

• nonprofit
• NPO

Hypernyms

• organization    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• NGO
• non-governmental organization

Various

• charity
• enterprise    [⇒ thesaurus]

Instances

• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Black International
• Girl Scouts
• Greenpeace
• Red Crescent
• Red Cross

Design notes

• The definition and scope of nonprofit perhaps needs clarification. Relations of nonprofit to NGO, political party, charity and church need clarification: all intuitively meet the definition of being not for profit.
• WordNet has "nonprofit" and NGO, 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, but WordNet does not have it as a nonprofit. WordNet has church as indirect hyponym of organization and not of nonprofit.
• NCIT distinguishes nonprofit organization from non-profit corporation, the latter being a species of corporation, the former not.
• Wikidata distinguishes NPO from NGO, where NGO is a subclass of NPO.
• This entry tentatively follows the model of Wikidata by ranking NGO as hyponym of NPO, contrary to WordNet. More research needed.

See also

• Category:en:Organizations

Further reading

• "nonprofit" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011. < organization
• "NGO" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011. < organization
• "charity" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011. < foundation < financial institution < institution < organization
• "Christian church" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011. < organized religion < institution < organization
• Nonprofit Organization in National Cancer Institute Thesaurus < Professional Organization or Group < Population Group
• Non-Profit Corporation in National Cancer Institute Thesaurus < Company < Population Group
• Wikidata:Q163740: nonprofit organization < organization
• Wikidata:Q79913: non-governmental organization < nonprofit organization
• Wikidata:Q708676: charity < nonprofit organization
• Wikidata:Q879146: Christian denomination < religious denomination < religious organization < organization
• W:Nonprofit organization
• W:Category:Non-profit organizations
• Non-profit organizations, law.cornell.edu