A non-profit organization (abbreviated as NPO, also known as a not-for-profit organization) is an organization that does not distribute its surplus funds to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its goals. Examples of NPOs include charities (i.e. charitable organizations), trade unions, and public arts organizations. Attorneys who work with non-profit organizations help in establishing and operating a non-profit within the requirements of the law, deal with issues of taxation, corporate governance, telephone solicitation and charitable fraud.
For other places with the same name, see Ludlow (disambiguation). Ludlow is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 324 at the 2000 census. The town of Ludlow features as the first victim of in the 1957 creature feature Beginning of the End.