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Non-Profit Organizations

 A nonprofit organization is formed for the purpose of serving a public or mutual benefit other than the pursuit or accumulation of profits for owners or investors.  Lexington is the home of over 300 non-profit organizations.  

The National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities classify nonprofit organizations into nine major groups:
  • Arts, culture, humanities
  • Education
  • Environment and animals
  • Health
  • Human services
  • International, foreign affairs
  • Public societal benefit
  • Religion related
  • Mutual/membership benefit

These groups run the gamut of interests and causes in Lexington.  

There are a variety of categories of tax-exempt, non-profit organizations, including:
  • Religious, Educational, Charitable, Scientific, Literary, Testing for Public Safety
  • To Foster National or International Amateur Sports Competition
  • Prevention of Cruelty to Children or Animals Organizations
  • Civic Leagues, Social Welfare Organizations
  • Local Associations of Employees
  • Labor, Agricultural, and Horticultural Organizations
  • Business Leagues, Chambers of Commerce, Real Estate Boards, Etc.
  • Social and Recreation Clubs
  • Fraternal Beneficiary Societies and Associations
  • Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Associations
  • Domestic Fraternal Societies and Associations
  • Teachers’ Retirement Fund Associations
  • Benevolent Life Insurance Associations, Mutual Ditch or Irrigation Companies, Mutual or Cooperative Telephone Companies, Etc.
  • Cemetery Companies
  • State Chartered Credit Unions, Mutual Reserve Funds
  • Mutual Insurance Companies or Associations
  • Cooperative Organizations to Finance Crop Operations
  • Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Trusts
  • Employee Funded Pension Trust (created before June 25, 1959)
  • Post or Organization of Past or Present Members of the Armed Forces
  • Group Legal Services Plan Organizations
  • Black Lung Benefit Trusts
  • Withdrawal Liability Payment Fund
  • Veterans Organization (created before 1880)
  • Title Holding Corporations or Trusts with Multiple Parents
  • State-Sponsored Organization Providing Health Coverage for High-Risk Individuals
  • State-Sponsored Workers’ Compensation Reinsurance Organization
  • Religious and Apostolic Associations
  • Cooperative Hospital Service Organizations
  • Cooperative Service Organizations of Operating Educational Organizations
  • Child Care Organization
  • Charitable Risk Pools
  • Farmers’ Cooperative Associations


Entries in this category include: 
The Nonprofit Net

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The mission of The Nonprofit Net is to unite nonprofits within a community to attract local philanthropic resources and to increase their capacity to deliver services.
Lexington Fire Fighters
Local 1491
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The Lexington Firefighter’s Union was charted by the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) in 1963 and affiliated with the AFL/CIO and CLC, as well as the Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts (PFFM).  
Lexington Massachusetts Police Association
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The Lexington Massachusetts Police Association is an organization for the benefit of members of the Lexington Police Department  
Lexington Democratic Town Committee
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The Lexington Democratic Town Committee 
Lexington Republican Town Committee 
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The Lexington Republican Town Committee  
League of Women Voters of Lexington
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The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan organization dedicated to the principles of self-government established in the Constitution of the United States. 
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