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business and finance non profit organizationsWhat happens if a non profit makes money?
Keeping this in view, what happens if a nonprofit makes a profit?
Sometimes the nonprofit generates revenue thatexceeds the amount of its expenses, resulting in a profit.How it generates that profit matters tremendously. To avoidhaving to pay taxes on any profits it creates, anonprofit must make money on activities "related" toits nonprofit status.
Besides, can you make money from a non profit?
How Nonprofits Make Money. Every organizationneeds money to pay for daily operations, even anonprofit. Related profits can include donations,ticket sales from fundraising events and item sales to generatemoney for group activities. Unrelated activities may stillbe nontaxable, though, as long as taxes are paid.
Nonprofit organizations have founders, notowners. The founders of a nonprofit are not permitted tomake a profit or benefit from the net earnings of theorganization. They can make money in various other ways,however, including receiving compensation from thenonprofit.