What if your non profit makes a shit load of profit?

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You just label it as something other than profit

The NFL was a non profit for a long time

You create a seperate entity which provides an "essential service" to the non-profit and then pay the seperate entity for that service? 😅

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Depends how the profit was earned. If it's through activities related to their non-profit status then it's still tax exempt, and they have to reinvest it into the company rather than distribute it to owners/shareholders/etc as with a for profit company. If the profit came from activities unrelated to their non profit status then that income may be subject to taxes.

Revenue/profit unrelated to their non profit status also shouldn't be a huge portion of their finances. I think if it is that could potentially jeopardize their non profit status.