On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 01:57:08PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Daniel writes: > > A not-for-profit organization (at least in Brasil) don't share the > > profits among the share-holders, I mean, don't pay dividends. > That's true of a not-for-profit (sometimes called nonprofit) corporation in > the US. Note, however, that not-for-profit is not the same as charitable. FWIW, the terms "non-profit" and "not-for-profit" have distinct meanings in common US usage; non-profit normally refers to a 501(c)(3) corporation, whereas "not-for-profit" implies no such formal status. You probably can't generalize about the organization of all US groups that claim to be not-for-profit. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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