for-profits

Revenue-seeking organizations

For-profits are organizations designed to generate money for their owners or shareholders, as opposed to nonprofits, which reinvest earnings into their mission.

The term appears most often in discussions of education and healthcare, where the profit motive is sometimes viewed skeptically: For-profits have come under scrutiny for prioritizing revenue over student outcomes.

corporate

corporation

Legally separate business entity

  • enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
  • companyCommercial enterprise or guests
  • firmSolid or resolute

business · startup · franchise · conglomerate · subsidiary · merger · acquisition · incorporation · privatization · CEO

financial

revenue

Business income total

dividends · margins · turnover · gross · net · billing · receivables · payables · solvency · fiscal

motive

commercialism

Profit-driven value system

efficiency · cost-cutting · scalability

contrast

NGO

Independent charitable organization

cooperative · foundation · tax-exempt · mission-driven · philanthropy

Opposites
organizational purpose and profit distribution

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Organizations without commercial aims

non-profits · not-for-profits · charities · NGOs · charitable organizations

tax and legal status

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Organizations without commercial aims

charitable trusts · public charities · private foundations

ownership and accountability

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Organizations without commercial aims

government agencies · public institutions · federal agencies · public utilities · co-ops

Family

for-profit, profit, profits, profitable, profitably, profitability, unprofitable, nonprofit, nonprofits

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