ALLIANCE NONPROFIT MEMBER BENEFITS
Grant Seeking Resources - NEW!
GrantStation is FREE for Alliance Nonprofit Members,a $599 Annual Retail Value
GrantStation makes it easy for nonprofit organizations to identify and secure grant dollars by offering real-time, online access to a comprehensive set of powerful grantseeking tools and resources. GrantStation provides the most up-to-date and in-depth research on all types of grantmakers - federal and state agencies, private foundations, and corporate giving programs - plus step-by-step tutorials about how to write compelling grant requests and manage grant awards.
GrantStation Includes:
- Find-a-Funder: Instant access to over 5,000 funders via a searchable database.
- The GrantStation Insider: A weekly e-Newsletter providing grantseeking opportunities.
- Federal Deadlines: Offers detailed program, contact, and application information on numerous federal grant opportunities.
- State Grants: Immediate access to all grant announcements at each state agency.
- International Grants: Short profiles on grantmakers based in other countries. Each continent is searchable by country.
- Grant Research: Immediately gain access to a collection of Research Tips designed to make you more effective and successful.
- Grants Mentor: Access a self-paced Proposal Building tutorial. Learn everything you need to know about letters of inquiry and developing winning proposals.
To find out how to start using your Grant Station benefit, contact Director of Member Relations, Jennifer Blair, at (602)279-2966 or jenniferb@arizonanonprofits.org.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FROM FIRST NONPROFIT
Members can save thousands of dollars every year
The Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits is excited to announce a partnership that offers you a chance to save substantial money on your state unemployment insurance taxes.
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, you can elect to opt out of the state system and choose to self-insure and reimburse the state dollar-for-dollar for actual unemployment benefits paid. With this method you are no longer subsidizing the costs of other employers’ layoffs, and you are not paying extra funds you will never receive back. You’ll be able to allocate the funds you save back to your program and other expenses.
While the plan offers the chance for any nonprofit to save on their unemployment taxes, Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits members are offered an additional 20% discount on First Nonprofit Unemployment Saving Program’s one time enrollment fee.
For more information and to find out how much this program is likely to save you, contact:
Cecilia Piazza
Director of Member Services,
Unemployment Programs First Nonprofit Companies
800-526-4352 x 7729
piazza@firstnonprofit.com
www.firstnonprofitcompanies.com
OFFICE SUPPLIES AND FURNITURE
Order from Wist and earn an Alliance rebate
The Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits is partnering with Wist Office Products, as a preferred vendor for office supplies and furniture. Wist has been doing business with Arizona companies since 1955. Wist Offers:
- online ordering
- statewide free next-day delivery
- no minimum order requirements for these benefits and pricing
The Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits has worked with Wist to negotiate special group pricing for Alliance members.* Take advantage of this opportunity to save your nonprofit money. Everyone has to buy office supplies - make sure you are getting the best deal possible.
Also, by using Wist you’ll earn a rebate based on volume which will be given back to you by the Alliance at the end of your membership year. By using Wist, you can earn part of your Alliance membership dues back with this rebate, possibly even totally paying for your membership.
To get started with Wist today, contact:
Heather Rodriguez
Business Development Director
Wist Office Products
480-921-2900 x118
hrodriguez@wist.com
* Some exclusions apply for existing customers of Wist.
NONPROFIT WORLD
Get Connected to Nonprofit Know-How
Through a collaboration with the Society for Nonprofit Organizations (SNPO), Nonprofit Members of the Alliance receive SNPO membership benefits, including a subscription to Nonprofit World magazine. This benefit is a $69 value and is included as part of your annual membership dues.
Nonprofit World is published 6 times a year, and offers nonprofits what few other magazines can. Sound advice, case studies, and easy-to-read format — all work together to create a publication of lasting value for board members, paid staff, and volunteers. The subject matter covered is extensive: accounting, board development, communication, computers, fundraising, law, management, marketing, personnel, and volunteers. The authors are some of the field’s best: Brinckerhoff, Ellis, Hopkins, Martinelli, Tesdahl, Warwick, and Weisman, among others. Quite simply, Nonprofit World is “must reading” for anyone interested in the ever-expanding world of nonprofit management and leadership.
In addition to Nonprofit World, SNPO members receive:
- 12 issues of Funding Alert - timely information on funding opportunties organized by mission category
- access to the Nonprofit World and Funding Alert archive - featuring a decade of nonprofit knowledge - with searchable and downloadable articles from past issues
- discounts on SNPO educational programs
- access to discounts, such as 20% off Fieldstone Alliance publications
TELECONFERENCING AND WEB CONFERENCING
Preferred pricing with ReadyTalk
The Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits has teamed up with ReadyTalk to bring you an easy-to-use conferencing solution at unbeatable rates. With ReadyTalk’s easy-to-use audio and web conferencing systems, you can concentrate on the content of your meetings, and not worry about the computer or phone line you are using. ReadyTalk makes web and audio conferencing simple for everyone, regardless of technical savvy, office location, or kind of platform. Members of the Alliance receive ReadyTalk services for 4 cents per minute for audio and 8 cents per minute for web conferencing, a signficant savings on commercial rates.
Nonprofits of all sizes and causes use ReadyTalk for:
- Daily Teleconferences: low rates, toll-free, host up to 96 participants per call. 225 International conferencing numbers available; from Albania to Zimbabwe.
- Phone and Web Meetings: Staff can now communicate verbally AND visually. Share your desktop, work on budgets, present slide presentations.
- Training: Provide online training or distance learning sessions to new or dispersed staff on a regular basis. Record training sessions for future reference.
- Email Marketing: Record an appeal from your Executive Director and insert it into your newsletters or email it out to your members. Members can easily see and hear the message. Unlimited recording playbacks.
- Hold Webinars: Create a monthly webinar to generate interest in your initiatives and programs.
Go to www.readytalk.com/ncna to sign up for an account, or contact Shawn Murry at (303)209-1638 for details.
GRANT SEEKING RESOURCES
Try Guide to Grants and Save When You Subscribe
Since 2000, the Arizona Guide to Grants Online, published by JUST GRANTS! Arizona, has been Arizona’s premier local resource for information about corporations and foundations that make contributions in Arizona – no matter where the grantmakers themselves are located. The online searchable database offers detailed, current profiles of nearly 1,900 corporations and foundations with a history of making grants in Arizona. In the Guide Online, you’ll find contact listings, program descriptions, grant priorities, and all the other details you need to supercharge your grants research.
As a member of the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits, you can “Test-Drive the Guide Before You Subscribe!” A 30-Day Trial subscription is available to Alliance Nonprofit members.
Members of the Alliance also receive The Ultimate Grants Toolkit: "Top 10" Grants Planning Worksheets, which includes a selection of nationally-acclaimed grants planning and management worksheets taken directly from premier grants resource book: The Ultimate Grants Toolkit. These selected planning tools are sure to "jump start" your grantseeking efforts and help you build great grant-funded programs.
To find out how to start receiving your JUST GRANTS! Arizona benefits, contact Director of Member Relations, Jennifer Blair, at (602)279-2966 or jenniferb@arizonanonprofits.org.