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.
Alpine is a city in and the county seat of Brewster County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,786 people at the 2000 census. In 2008-2009, Michael H. Marvins shot a photograph of a scene in the Rosillo Mountains south of Alpine. The picture, which depicts the remote desert area just before sunrise, is displayed in the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.