Should nonprofit organizations be viewed principally as businesses with a social purpose or are they inherently different from for-profit companies?
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However, their core objectives and guiding principles are fundamentally different. Nonprofit organizations primarily focus on fulfilling a social mission or addressing a societal need, whereas for-profit companies aim to generate profits for their owners or Show more…
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