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5636588
732 days ago
A nonprofit overseeing a for-profit arm, where have I seen this before?
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Gormo
732 days ago
Plenty of places -- it's not an especially rare model.
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supertrope
732 days ago
Yes it is common for a charity to own a business. The corporate profits are used to fund the education or social welfare mission.
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wrasee
732 days ago
I think it was a dig at OpenAI
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karaterobot
732 days ago
(silently acknowledges that this is a rhetorical question rather than a brainstorming prompt)
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walthamstow
732 days ago
BBC Studios / BBC America
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freeone3000
732 days ago
Mozilla
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baq
732 days ago
IKEA?
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3D30497420
732 days ago
Same thought I had, though it seems more like a tax-dodge for IKEA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA#Financial_information
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portaouflop
732 days ago
TIL Ikea is technically non-profit.
That’s insane
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supertrope
732 days ago
The NFL used to be a non-profit with the teams paying tax on their profits. It's since changed.
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bloggie
732 days ago
Rolex? They take $10 of cheap metal, sell it for $10k, and use the profits to fund the charity.
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intunderflow
732 days ago
Novo Nordisk would be the biggest example I'm aware of
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rvz
732 days ago
Mozilla and OpenAI.
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