"I don't see how in the hell anybody can buy it that cheap," said Fred Fitts, president of the Corporate Aircraft Association, a nonprofit that negotiates discounted jet-fuel prices for 1,600 corporate flight departments at airports around the U.S.
What the heck is a nonprofit doing negotiating jet-fuel prices for corporations? I can't think of any reason although my knowledge of tax loopholes is admittedly small..
Also remember that until recently, Visa and Mastercard were also non-profit entities.
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>"Prior to October 3, 2007, Visa comprised four non-stock, separately incorporated companies that employed 6000 people worldwide: Visa International Service Association (Visa), the worldwide parent entity, Visa U.S.A. Inc., Visa Canada Association, and Visa Europe Ltd"
From their respective Wikipedia company pages.
E.g. it is common for cooperative store-chains to pay out dividends from profits to all members proportional to the amount of money you spend with them.