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Charity vs Nonprofit - What's the difference?

charity | nonprofit |

As a proper noun charity

is .

As an adjective nonprofit is

not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain).

As a noun nonprofit is

an organization that exists for reasons other than to make a profit, such as a charitable, educational or service organization.

charity

English

Noun

  • (archaic)  Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.
  • In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.
    • Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou will judge others with the judgment of charity . — John Mitchell Mason
  • (uncountable)  Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=6 citation , passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}
  • (countable)  The goods or money given to those in need.
  • (countable)  An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.

    • Synonyms

    * (organization) charitable organization

    nonprofit

    English

    (wikipedia nonprofit)

    Alternative forms

    * non-profit

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain).

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An organization that exists for reasons other than to make a profit, such as a charitable, educational or service organization.
    • Employees of a nonprofit rarely make as much as greedy counterparts in the commercial world.
    If it wasn't subsidized, the nonprofit would be bankrupt.

    Synonyms

    * not-for-profit * NPO