The Nashville Songwriters Association International is a for-profit trade organization.
The Nashville Songwriters Association International is a 501 ( c ) not-for-profit trade organization that works to help songwriters in three ways : through legislative advocacy , through education and advice about the actual craft of songwriting , and through teaching about the music industry , and how to best position a song for success within it . A nonprofit organization ( also known as a non-business entity ) is an organization that has been formed by a group of people in order `` to pursue a common not-for-profit goal '' , that is , to pursue the stated goal expressly without the intention of distributing excess revenue ( i.e. profit ) to members or leaders .