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A business that absolutely makes money, just promises not to keep it.
means An organization that reinvests its earnings into its mission instead of distributing them to owners or shareholders.
from From Latin pro (forward) plus facere (to make) — profit literally meant to make headway; slap on non and you get an entity making headway, not money.
Salary mythStaff and executives are legally paid, often well.
Tax statusTax-exempt is the perk, not the definition.
ScaleSome run billion-dollar budgets and hospital empires.