In a message dated 10/19/2006 10:48:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: "non-profit" means a registered incorporated 501c3. Nonprofit means the same thing anywhere. It is defined by the IRS. A nonprofit is any organization based group where no one profits from the "sale" of anything or for that matter from the services provided. 501c3 means the above and that the group depends almost exclusively on donations rather that fee for services and is registered as such with the IRS the purpose for this is 2 fold. Donations made are tax exempt and the organization does not have to pay any taxes (including sales tax when buying things for the organization) other than employment. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================