{"id":30400,"date":"2025-05-21T11:51:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T09:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=30400"},"modified":"2025-05-22T08:22:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T06:22:32","slug":"the-profit-in-nonprofits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/05\/the-profit-in-nonprofits\/","title":{"rendered":"The Profit in Nonprofits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nonprofit organizations help many people by offering food, education, and support. They are started by people in local communities to improve lives. Sometimes, nonprofits help when governments do not. They provide important services like food banks, free legal help, and care for children with special needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the full video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"What&#039;s the Profit in Nonprofits? | Areva Martin | TEDxCrenshaw\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Lhgruor0Z0?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Discussions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What does <strong>&#8220;to give back to&#8221;<\/strong> mean? &#8220;<em>I was able to start a non-profit and <strong>give back to<\/strong> my community<\/em>.&#8221; Use it in a sentence. Give a synonym.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does <strong>&#8220;to stand up for&#8221;<\/strong> mean? &#8220;<em>I get to <strong>stand up for<\/strong> issues and speak out on things that interest us the most<\/em>.&#8221; Use it in a sentence. Give a synonym.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does <strong>&#8220;to come together&#8221;<\/strong> mean? &#8220;<em>People in your community that you don\u2019t even know but who have <strong>come together<\/strong> in a non-profit to do good<\/em>.&#8221; Use it in a sentence. Give a synonym.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. What are some ways nonprofits help people in local communities?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Why might nonprofits be needed when governments can\u2019t help?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. What feelings do you think the speaker had while waiting in line for free cheese?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. How can helping others through nonprofits change the life of a community?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. 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