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:
These groups run the gamut of interests and causes in Lexington.
There are a variety of categories of tax-exempt, non-profit organizations, including:
Entries in this category include:
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 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.
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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).
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The Lexington Massachusetts Police Association is an organization for the benefit of members of the Lexington Police Department
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The Lexington Democratic Town Committee
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The Lexington Republican Town Committee
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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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