Non-profit organization

A non-profit organization (sometimes abbreviated to "not-for-profit," "non-profit" or "NPO") is an organization whose primary objective is to support some issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes. Non-profits may be involved in an innumerable range of areas relating to the arts, charities, education, politics, religion, research, or some other endeavor.

Organizations of members and/or volunteers that are classified by the Internal Revenue Service as providing a public benefit without purpose of profit for members of the corporation.