IEDR and profits

ClubMan

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According to [broken link removed]:
The IEDR (www.iedr.ie) is an independent not-for-profit organisation ...
According to this:
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The IE Domain Registry, which runs the .ie internet domain name, has reported after-tax profits of €865,000 for 2005, marginally lower compared with the previous year.[/FONT]
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Can somebody explain this seeming contradiction?

Does "not for profit" mean that profit is not the main driver but that profits may be made and ploughed back into the business (as opposed to being paid out to shareholders/investors or whoever)?
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It would [broken link removed] so...
 
A lot of ccTLD registries are managed in a similar fashion. There's nothing strange about them posting a profit and in most cases this would be churned back into the operation or used to facilitate price reductions etc.,
I posted about this earlier:
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from a slightly different angle