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  2. For-profit corporation - Wikipedia

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    A for-profit corporation is usually an organization operating in the private sector which sets aims that eventually help the organization itself. This kind of a company makes shares of ownership available to the general public. The purchasers of those shares then become the company's shareholders; shareholders have bought a portion of ownership ...

  3. 501(c)(3) organization - Wikipedia

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    501 (c) (3) organization. A 501 (c) (3) organization is a United States corporation, trust, unincorporated association or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (c) (3) of Title 26 of the United States Code. It is one of the 29 types of 501 (c) nonprofit organizations [ 1] in the US.

  4. Benefit corporation - Wikipedia

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    Bill failed a vote in the state's legislature. In business, and only in United States corporate law, a benefit corporation (or in some states, a public benefit corporation) is a type of for-profit corporate entity whose goals include making a positive impact on society. Laws concerning conventional corporations typically do not define the "best ...

  5. Corporation - Wikipedia

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    A corporation is an organization —usually a group of people or a company —authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law as "born out of statute"; a legal person in a legal context) and recognized as such in law for certain purposes. [ 1]: 10 Early incorporated entities were ...

  6. State-owned enterprises of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federal-government-acquired corporations' are a separate set of corporations that were originally chartered and created by an entity other than the U.S. federal government, but that were, at some point, nationalized by the federal government. Most of these are corporations temporarily in possession of the government as a result of a seizure of ...

  7. 501(c) organization - Wikipedia

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    A 501 (c) organization is a nonprofit organization in the federal law of the United States according to Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 501 (c)). Such organizations are exempt from some federal income taxes. Sections 503 through 505 set out the requirements for obtaining such exemptions. Many states refer to Section 501 (c) for definitions ...

  8. Government-owned and controlled corporation - Wikipedia

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    In the Philippines, a government-owned and controlled corporation ( GOCC ), sometimes with an "and/or", [ 1] is a state-owned enterprise that conducts both commercial and non-commercial activity. Examples of the latter would be the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), a social security system for government employees.

  9. State-owned enterprise - Wikipedia

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    State-owned enterprise. A state-owned enterprise ( SOE) is a business entity which is established and/or owned by a national or state/provincial government, by an executive order or an act of legislation, in order to earn profit for the government, control monopoly of the private sector over means of production, provide commodities to citizens ...