NAO members now have access to a specially negotiated partnership with Mission Service Allies and Amplify HR for professional employer organization (PEO) services.

Through this exclusive member benefit, eligible nonprofits can receive significantly discounted rates on essential timekeeping, HR, and employment services.

By taking advantage of this NAO benefit, nonprofits can:

• Support greater pay equity through a structured PEO system, helping improve staff morale and reduce turnover
• Reduce employment-related risk and strengthen nonprofit compliance
• Lighten the administrative workload for nonprofit leaders and staff
• Lower benefits-related costs for nonprofit organizations
• Increase operational efficiency, allowing more donated funds to go directly toward mission impact and community outcomes

This member benefit is designed to help nonprofits operate more effectively, support their teams more sustainably, and maximize the resources they dedicate to serving their communities.

To learn more, visit https://nonprofitoregon.org/peo/ or email us at [email protected].

Are you looking for an easy way to connect with nonprofits across Oregon? NAO members now have access to exclusive forums that foster connections among nonprofit professionals statewide, allowing you to pose questions, collaborate, and share experiences with peers in the NAO network.

These forums also serve as a platform for NAO to provide important updates on advocacy initiatives, capacity-building opportunities, and other news relevant to Oregon’s nonprofit community.

All participants will be verified by NAO staff to ensure that only members can access the forums. Current forum groups available are:

• All NAO Nonprofit Members (main group)
• Federally Funded Nonprofits (subgroup)
• All-Volunteer Nonprofits (subgroup)
• Rural Nonprofits (subgroup)

To subscribe, you must be a current NAO nonprofit 501(c)(3) member.

NAO members can find the subscription link at the top of this page after logging into their Member Dashboard.

Board Bright is an NAO-hosted board training series designed for emerging and seasoned board members and anyone looking for a governance refresh. Recorded sessions focus on Roles and Responsibilities; Finance Fundamentals; Fundraising; and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging.

• Free for NAO members!
• Nonmembers: $50 each or $150 for the bundle

To get started:

1. Go to NAO’s Board Bright course page 
2. Click on your desired course or bundle 
3. If you are an NAO member, key in your coupon code (found in Dashboard); press enter 
4. Type in your Email and Name – This creates your account in our educational platform, Thinkific
5. Select Complete Purchase 
6. Enter Your Password 
7. Select Complete Setup 

To access your content, log in to your Thinkific account. 

If you have any questions, contact [email protected].

Little Green Light, an all-in-one donor management and CRM software, makes managing your nonprofit’s fundraising operations easier than ever. 

Built specifically for small and mid-sized organizations, Little Green Light allows you to spend more time building and cultivating relationships with your supporters rather than wrangling with a complicated system. 

With Little Green Light, you can consolidate all your data into one system, automate everyday tasks to save time, and see and analyze your data more clearly than ever before. 

Why Use Little Green Light? 

• Better manage relationships – one-page constituent profiles, set up team task reminders, contact management, volunteer management, manage memberships, alumni management 
• Track and manage all fundraising activity – gift tracking, pledge tracking, gift coding, track grants, manage events, create segmented appeals 
• Become more efficient with built-in productivity tools – built-in email, simple mail merge, generate acknowledgements, accept online donations, create online forms, built-in integrations 
• Easily search data and generate accurate reports – powerful search, list builder, pre-built reports, custom reports 
• Keep your data safe and secure – set permissions, automate backups and secure storage 

Pricing – NAO Members Receive $100 off their first year! To apply the $100 credit, organizations will need to first create a LGL account, which is free for the first 30-days. Once the account has been created, the referral code (nonprofitoregon) can then be applied by going to the Settings —> Billing & Payment —> Do you have a referral code?

Save 10% when billed annually, discounts also apply to prepayments of 3 months (2.5%) and 6 months (5%). 

Add $15/mo for each additional 10k tier. 

Online donation processing pricing – This pay-as-you-go feature is available in all accounts. 

Starting at 2.2% + $0.30 per transaction paid to the payment processor (no fee to LGL). 

“You want your funding to go to your mission, but you may be losing dollars to your operations in surprising ways. With over 40 years serving nonprofits, UST Workforce Solutions has the expertise and tools to help you uncover hidden savings and prioritize your mission.”

In the nonprofit sector, staying ahead in HR management is crucial. UST can help navigate the evolving complexities of human resources with confidence. They not only understand the unique challenges nonprofit employers face but also offer tailored solutions, such as UST HR Workplace, powered by Mineral—a comprehensive platform designed to empower your organization with essential HR tools. Through our partnership with UST, members have access to essential Workforce, HR and Unemployment solutions that meet the unique needs of nonprofit employers.

UST offers cost-saving programs designed to improve cash flow, mitigate risk, ensure HR compliance, and add operational efficiencies so you can do more to impact your local communities.

Service highlights include:

• Unlimited Live HR Support: Expert HR advice at your fingertips
• Thousands of HR Templates: Customizable to fit your organization’s policies
• An Employee Handbook Builder: Automatically updated and customizable for your needs
• On-Demand Training: Empowering your team with the knowledge they need to thrive
• And much more

Whether your primary focus is to protect your assets, ensure compliance, reduce unemployment costs, or to build a thriving work culture to keep your employees engaged, UST has a solution for you.

Over 2,200 nonprofit employers saved more than $56 million in unemployment claims costs with UST Workforce Solutions in just one year alone.

To learn more, visit the UST website or contact a dedicated UST Workforce Consultant for a free Program Evaluation at 888-249-4788.

NAO Members receive:

• Free 60-Day Trial of UST HR Workplace
• $240 annual member savings off the standard rate for the UST HR Workplace platform, now offered as a stand-alone product. *Note: for those interested in unemployment solutions, HR Workplace is offered as part of UST’s Trust and Secure products at no additional cost.
• Complimentary 2-Year Unemployment Savings Projection
• Exclusive Nonprofit Content and State-Specific News

You can also sign up for UST’s eNewsletter to receive exclusive nonprofit specific content such as invitations to nonprofit-only webinars, how-to-guides, eBooks and sector research.

NAO and OneDigital, Portland have partnered together to bring NAO’s 501(c)(3) members a new retirement plan program – ImpactRetireNPO – designed specifically for Oregon’s nonprofits. The plan is turnkey, affordable, and easy to understand while including awesome investment options. Each nonprofit that enrolls has the ability to customize the savings plan for its own employees. OneDigital, Portland takes the heavy lift off of nonprofit organizations, whether a nonprofit is looking to offer a new retirement plan for its employees or is seeking an alternative to its current retirement plan options.  

OneDigital, Portland has been consulting on retirement plans for almost 40 years and is a 100% women-led region. OneDigital, Portland has dedicated much of its resources as an organization to making investing and saving for retirement attainable to ALL organizations. OneDigital, Portland has been successfully working with nonprofits of all sizes and subsectors for several years and truly understands nonprofits’ needs. Their approach is hands-on client service, access and inclusion, service to community, and their commitment towards making a greater social impact through their services. In May 2021, OneDigital acquired Impact Benefits & Retirement, expanding its Portland presence.  

NAO hosted a webinar with OneDigital, Portland to share more about this retirement plan benefit. Access recording here. 

Value 

OneDigital plans for NAO 501(c)(3) members include the following: 

• Turnkey Solution: No more analyzing investments, tracking eligibility, sending out notices and processing distributions; Impact is your fiduciary! 
• Cost-savings: Negotiated lower pricing  
• Transparent Pricing: Costs are straightforward and simple in a flat-fee pricing structure 
• Investment Coaching: Dedicated guidance from investment experts who speak your language and have your best interests in mind 
• Employee Education: Access to local, licensed advisors, customized education for your organization, quarterly financial wellness webinars, and affordable financial wellness program  

Strive Workplace Solutions has all the resources you need to keep your business successful! We are small enough to provide hands-on support, and large enough to take care of all of your needs!

The Strive story started in 1967 in Tigard, Oregon as Southwest Office Supply, a family owned and locally operated printing and office products reseller. Over the next 54 years, through organic growth and acquisitions, they have expanded to six locations in three states serving organizations like yours nationwide. They remain a family owned and locally operated supplier and continue to expand to bring you the best possible experience and value.

At Strive, we think and act as if we were part of your business. We help you achieve your corporate goals by freeing you up to focus on your organization. We handle your office supplies, printing, janitorial, breakroom, personal protection equipment and furniture needs, so you can concentrate on doing what you do best. Let us help you in as many ways as we can.

• Next day delivery nationwide
• No minimum order
• Over 70,000 items featured on our website
• Low-price guarantee
• Inventory control and cost-containment programs
• Customized and accurate billing
• Easy returns
• Easy on-line ordering or by phone, e-mail or fax
• Company owned trucks and drivers
• Special orders and emergency deliveries available
• Family owned and locally operated
• Open accounts with terms, credit card or electronic payments

NAO Members receive access to special discounted pricing, custom favorites lists and a dedicated NAO Customer Care Representative, Molly Stack, [email protected], 503-241-1921.

Looking to connect with great candidates to join your organization? Let Mac’s List help! Mac’s List, a certified B Corp, is a regional job board with a mission to help people build skills, find jobs, and grow sustainable careers. 

Value 

NAO partners with Mac’s List to offer NAO members: 

• Save $15 on an individual job post, one-time use: Use their simple post-and-pay system to post a job and save an additional $15, on top of the already discounted nonprofit rates. 
• Free Volunteer listings: Looking for volunteers for an event or project? You can always post a volunteer listing, free of charge, on Mac’s List. 

Doing the Right Thing as a Leader Matters More Than Ever

Many nonprofit leaders have a renewed focus on addressing employee health and wellbeing. One way leaders approach this is by reimagining their employee health benefits to ensure that all employees have equitable access to healthcare.

It Can Be Challenging to Know Where to Begin

But we’ve got you covered! Nonstop Administration and Insurance Services, Inc. (Nonstop) is a local mission-based health benefits company that provides robust first-dollar coverage health insurance plan designs to the nonprofit workforce. Nonstop has been a proud partner of the Nonprofit Association of Oregon since 2016 and today delivers lower cost, accessible health benefits to nonprofits all over the state of Oregon.  To read how Nonstop Health impacted The Next Door, a social services nonprofit located in The Dalles, Oregon, check out this case study.

Nonstop’s flagship program, Nonstop Health, is a health benefits program that allows nonprofits to fund their employees’ healthcare premiums and out-of-pocket costs while also saving on premiums annually. Nonstop Health combines an ACA compliant health plan with a section 105 medical expense reimbursement program (MERP), which then covers employees upfront out-of-pocket costs with a Nonstop Health medically coded VISA card.

To hear what nonprofit employees think about Nonstop Health, watch this short testimonial video.

First-Dollar Coverage

Employees can visit in-network providers, pick up covered prescriptions and receive covered medical procedures, all without a financial barrier — no upfront copays or deductibles.

Nonstop Can Partner With Your Benefits Broker

Nonstop understands that your broker is often a trusted advisor and key part of your health benefits purchasing team — with this in mind, Nonstop can partner with your trusted broker to deliver the Nonstop Health program.

Let’s Do This!

If your organization values equitable access to healthcare for all levels of staff and is open to an innovative solution that aims to retain – and protect – hard working staff, Nonstop would be a good fit.

Learn More About Nonstop Health

Visit nonstophealth.com for an overview of how Nonstop Health works, watch this short introductory video (share with your benefits broker!) or contact us below.

Contact Lesley Brown Albright, Director of Business Development:

Lesley Brown Albright is a Director of Business Development specializing in serving the Northwest region for Nonstop. She has over 18 years of experience fostering relationships and creating collaborative thought leadership solutions in the Oregon community.

To learn more about business and community partnerships, reach out to Lesley at 503-309-4586 [email protected].

What People Are Saying

“An organization’s biggest investment is in its human resources, and they need to be cared for, nurtured, and developed. Offering employee healthcare is one critical way to do this – but it needs to be affordable and accessible to be of real use to Oregon’s nonprofit employees. They need to feel that they are secure in both their and their family’s health and well-being in order to best serve our communities. Doing this will make a significant difference in the success and sustainability of an organization.”

-Jim White, Executive Director of NAO

“We’re over two years in now, and people are super-happy. One of the questions I get over and over is: ‘Are you sure Nonstop is coming back next year?’ Because people can’t believe, one, that we can provide this, and two, that it’s not a severe impact on the budget.”

– Tracy King, Benefits Administrator, Pacific University

NAO is pleased to offer GrantStation as a member benefit to help your organization find local, statewide, and national funding opportunities! This full Membership gives you access to Member Benefits that provide the tools for you to find new grant sources, build a strong grantseeking program, and write winning grant proposals.

Value

This service is only $139, saving $60 per year for your organization!

Your enrollment will give you:

• Access to thousands of carefully researched profiles of private and government funding opportunities, at the local, state and national level, to help you find the grantmakers most appropriate for your organization. Curious what the listing offers? To view a sample listing, see the National Funding Alert on GrantStation’s homepage.
• In-depth tutorials on each element of a full grant requests.
• Tools and articles on the entire grant process. An example can be found here. You can also find out more about this member benefit by taking their Website Tour.
• GrantStation Insider spotlighting funding opportunities delivered to your email every week!
• Archived issues of the GrantStation Insider, the weekly newsletter.

Check out what’s new here.

NAO has partnered with TechImpact, whose mission is to empower communities and nonprofits to use technology to better serve our world. TechImpact provides live and scheduled trainings to help nonprofits do more with technology.

Value

All current NAO nonprofit members enjoy a 20% discount on registration fees to TechImpact courses.

Check out TechImpact’s upcoming courses here.

In partnership with the National Council of Nonprofits’ Safety Initiative and the Nonprofit Association of Oregon, Coeus Global offers discounted background checking and screening services for NAO’s Nonprofit Members. 

Screening of paid staff and volunteers is required for many nonprofits. The customized services provided by Coeus Global will allow your nonprofit to effectively conduct screenings of paid staff and volunteers, track your applicants’ background checks, and make the best decisions about who to hire/engage. 

Why are background checks important? A vital part of any volunteer management or hiring process, criminal background checking and screening help to: 

• Place the best possible candidate 
• Enhance your organization’s effectiveness through greater productivity and retention 
• Supplant your organization’s loss prevention efforts and provide a safer environment for employees, volunteers, and clients 

What is involved in a background check? Generally, background checks go as far back as the record allows (some states only allow the previous seven years to be considered). Background check packages, at a minimum, typically cover the candidate’s criminal and sex offender history. Additionally, they can also include non-criminal information including but not limited to: previous employment history, reference checks, motor vehicle records, drug screening, professional licensure and civil records.

Value 

On average, NAO 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Members save 62% on standard background screening options. 

Bliss Sequoia Insurance is a local Oregon-based company and is driven by a true desire to support the charitable organizations that make the Northwest a better place to live. Bliss Sequoia’s representatives are not simply insurance agents. They are advisors, and they will work for your organization’s best interest. 

Why Insure Nonprofit Directors & Officers? 

In today’s increasingly litigious environment, nonprofits must protect themselves. Nonprofit Directors & Officers have a personal liability exposure by virtue of the management decisions made for their organization and its financial assets. Obtaining Directors & Officers (D&O) insurance is a best business practice for any nonprofit, and one NAO highly recommends. 

Choosing NAO’s Directors & Officers Insurance Program not only helps protect your organization’s assets, but it provides legal defense and risk management advising. An important highlight of this program is Prior Acts coverage. This insures your organization for unknown circumstances in your past; going all the way back to organizational inception. Additionally, you’ll have access to a complimentary toll-free hotline for your employment inquiries. 

Coverage includes: 

• Directors & Officers Liability 
• Employment Practices Liability 
• $250,000 Fiduciary Liability & Workplace Violence sublimit included for no charge 
• Cost of legal defense is in addition to limit of liability at no additional charge 
• Prior Acts coverage 
• Volunteers, leased, seasonal and part time employees are included as insured persons 
• Third party coverage 
• Coverage for suits brought by qualifying independent contractors for Employment Practices Liability 
• Employed lawyers coverage 
• Definition of claim includes non-monetary relief 
• $150,000 sublimit for defense for Fair Labor Standards Acts (FLSA) claims 
• Personal injury coverage backstop 
• Copyright/Trademark coverage 
• Order of payment wording 
• Crisis fund for reputational damage done due to lost or stolen donor data 

  Risk management tools include: 

• Access to a toll-free hotline service providing complimentary telephone consultation pertaining to Employment Practice matters 
• Sample workplace policies providing guidance with preserving employment-at-will status, complying with the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act and prohibiting harassment in the workplace 
• A guide to help avoid workplace claims.  The guide contains general information about employment claims, hiring process, pre-employment testing and other potential workplace issues 
• Jackson Lewis will offer discounted billing rates to Great American insureds to assist in developing preventive practices, preparing employment handbooks and training supervisors. 

Value 

NAO members get special program pricing. Many nonprofits have experienced significant cost-savings through the program. 

 Actual NAO Member savings with the Program: 

• Largest overall percent savings – 64% 
• Largest monetary savings – $1,963 
• Largest deductible savings – $24,000 

  Claim Examples: 

• Directors & Officers Liability Claim Example: Private donors filed a misappropriation of funds lawsuit against a foundation’s board alleging the foundation did not purpose their donations to align with the foundation’s mission 

• Employment Practices Liability Claim Example: A CFO filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against her former employer alleging she was terminated because of her race. The employer had documented the termination was for poor performance and attendance. 
• Fiduciary Liability Claim Example: An employee filed a failure to disclose lawsuit against his employer alleging he was not informed his medical coverage was reduced when his employer changed medical insurance companies resulting in out-of-pocket medical expenses to the employee. 

Without Directors & Officers Insurance in place these claim examples would be the financial burden of the organization and board.  The cost to the organization is dependent upon claim specifics.  The above examples could range from $10,000 to over $250,000 in legal defense costs, awards and settlement. 

GNSA (Great Northern Staff Administrators) is a payroll, human resources, and benefits administration firm specializing in serving the small to middle market. GNSA is a professional outsource service provider committed to proactively assisting our clients in becoming more successful. 

Imagine the possibilities of partnering with a company who takes ownership and responsibility for the management of your organizations’s HR and Payroll functions. GNSA is a trusted partner that will help you evaluate your situation and provide you intelligent solutions to improve and streamline your workflow. 

GNSA is an SSAE 16 Type II certified service provider which means they uphold the highest standards to protect your company information and ensure its integrity, all while seamlessly integrating and improving your Payroll, Timekeeping, HR, and Human Capital Management functions. 

Value 

NAO Nonprofit Members receive discounts on the following services:  

35% off 

• Payroll Processing 

20% off 

• Time and Labor Management 
• HRMS (Applicant Tracking, Performance Management, Leave Management, Compensation Management) 
• ACA Management 
• Accrual Tracking 
• General Ledger Account Mapping 
• Carrier Interfaces 
• Employer Administrative Services 

Check out www.gnsadmin.com, select Resources and scroll down to see a variety of videos of the software.  

NAO has teamed up with Firespring to provide websites, integrated marketing tools, fundraising tools and educational content to NAO nonprofit organizational members at highly discounted rates.  

Firespring knows that the best nonprofit websites make it easy to manage events, launch branded fundraising campaigns and tell your story through a captivating design–all from one user-friendly content management system (CMS) with a cherry on top: live support to help it all run smoothly. 

A powerful, beautiful website is not only possible–it’s what Firespring helps thousands of nonprofits with every day. 

Value 

All current NAO nonprofit members have access to the following benefits provided by Firespring: 

• Basic Nonprofit Website 
• One month of monthly service free ($95 value) 
• Premium Nonprofit Website 
• Two months of monthly service free ($330 value) 
• SEO Consultation 
• Provides an in-depth consultation and personalized plan that positions the members website for long-term success ($500 value) 
• Free access to ongoing resources like blogs, ebooks, and webinars.