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 innummerable range of areas relating to the arts, charities, education, politics, religion, research, or some other endeavour.

Examples of well known non-profit organizations

Some non-profits which are particularly well known, often for the charitable or social nature of their activities conducted over a long period of time, include the following organisations.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

• AIESEC
• Amnesty International
• Better Business Bureau
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Happiness Foundation
• Red Cross
• WWF Preserving wild animals
• YMCA

Many non-profit organizations use the .org top-level domain when selecting a domain name to differentiate themselves from more commercially-focussed entities which typically use the .com space.

Related Topics:
.org - Top-level domain - Domain name - .com

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~