Corporations Code section 18020

(a)

“Nonprofit association” means an unincorporated association with a primary common purpose other than to operate a business for profit.

(b)

A nonprofit association may carry on a business for profit and apply any profit that results from the business activity to any activity in which it may lawfully engage.

Source: Section 18020, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CORP§ionNum=18020. (updated Jan. 1, 2005; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/corporations_code_section_18020

Original Source: Section 18020, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CORP§ionNum=18020. (last accessed May 12, 2025).