Is your hospital a nonprofit, or a not-for-profit? There are differences. There is more dignity in the latter.
My thinking is that probably rimorel works for a not-for-profit rather than a non profit. Many hospitals are not-for-profit which allows them access to some public help. A nonprofit is like Sierra Club, Moveon.org, Media Matters, Center for American Progress...
We are a nonprofit teaching hospital with a 501c exemption. We do not have shareholders, and our profits are used to attain our goals of providing healthcare (that is, we roll those profits back in to buy equipment, expand the facilities or pay employees.)
I see the terms used somewhat interchangeably and have never really paid attention to one versus the other. Do you have some examples of each? I am curious...