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unusual facts about non-profit organisation



Institute Vienna Circle

The Institute Vienna Circle (IVC) is an international nonprofit society founded in October 1991 by Friedrich Stadler and is located at the University of Vienna.

Kutumb

The Kutumb Foundation is an Indian non-profit organisation, that initially began with a set of friends with a common goal - "Working towards the upliftment of the children at Khan Market basti, Delhi (India)".

North Queensland Broomball Association

The NQBA is a not-for-profit organisation that was formed in 1992, the third incorporated broomball club in Australia after the Broomball Association of South Australia and Australian Capital Territory Broomball Association.

Symbian Foundation

The Symbian Foundation was a non-profit organisation that stewarded the Symbian platform; an operating system for mobile phones, based on Symbian OS, which previously had been owned and licensed by Symbian Ltd..


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Albert Einstein Institute

the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organisation involved in non-violent methods of political resistance

Arthur Chaskalson

Chaskalson left a very successful legal practice to become a human rights lawyer, helping to establish the Legal Resources Centre, a non-profit organisation modeled after the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the United States seeking to use the law to pursue justice and human rights around South Africa.

Bodmin Airfield

In keeping with the original ideals and dreams of its creator, Mike Robertson, Cornwall Flying Club operates as a non-profit organisation, to keep costs down to the end user.

Boutique Week

Boutique Week also raises money for Nancy Lublin's non-profit organisation Dress for Success, supplying women with interview suits and resources they need for success in today’s workforce.

Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust

The Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust was established in 1992 by the community of Northern Tasmania to be an independent, non-profit organisation interested in discovering and sharing better treatments of disease.

Czech Institute For International Meetings

This non-profit organisation (CIFIM) was founded in Tábor, Czech Republic, in Baroque chateau (castle) in Tábor-Měšice.

FFII

Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, a non-profit organisation dedicated to establishing a free market in information technology

Independent Diplomat

Independent Diplomat is a non-profit organisation founded in 2004 by former British diplomat Carne Ross to give advice and assistance in diplomatic strategy and technique to governments and political groups - such as providing 'freelance' diplomats to unrecognised governments (i.e. governments of seceded or proto-states that do not (yet) have international recognition, and usually have little experience in dealing with international bureaucracy).

InWEnt

InWEnt was a non-profit organisation (gGmbH) owned by the Federal Republic of Germany, the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.

Ivu

International Vegetarian Union, a non-profit organisation promoting vegetarianism

Korean Society

Korea Society, a non-profit organisation that promotes understanding between the United States and Korea.

Molinology

Cultural and scientific interest in molinology is maintained by The International Molinological Society (TIMS), a non-profit organisation which brings together more than six hundred members, mostly from Europe and the USA.

Peter Foxhall

In his latter years with the CRC, Foxhall became involved with Rainbow Ministries, a non-denominational, non-profit organisation run by Bill and Rosalie Furler (the parents of Newsboys front man Peter Furler) and Michael Spyker.

Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland

The Society was created as a community-based, non-profit organisation, founded in 1962 by Judith Wright, Brian Clouston, David Fleay and Kathleen MacArthur.