Benefits

Membership in the Utah Nonprofits Association comes with a variety of good resources for managing and leading your nonprofit effectively and efficiently.

Please review the opportunities below and feel free to contact us if you have questions.

Management Tools

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Members-Only Networking socials

During the year, UNA hosts 3-4 networking socials for members to meet and talk about their work.

Consultant Database

The Consultant Database contains UNA members who are providing services specifically geared towards nonprofit interests.

Standards of Excellence

Standards of Ethics

Conference / Breakfast

The Nonprofit Conference features a day of great break-out sessions, keynote lunch speaker, and socializing with nonprofit peers.
The Breakfast features keynote breakfast speaker, and socializing with nonprofit peers.

Use of UNA Conference Room for meetings

To reserve UNA's conference room, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Reduced fees for UNA Training

Members pay member prices; non-UNA members pay a few dollars more.

Communication Tools

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Utah CEO magazine - Complimentary Two-year Subscription

Every month, Utah CEO provides an in-depth look at Utah's dynamic economy and the strategies that will help executives, managers and business owners steer their companies in the right direction. Utah CEO is designed to educate, inform and entertain. The magazine's thorough reporting is complimented by striking illustrations; relevant data and a regular look at the lighter side of business. Utah CEO is an indispensable resource for anyone doing business in Utah.

To sign up click on the following link: http://www.utahceomagazine.com/subscribe.php select 2 years and use the Promo Code: assoc2010.

For questions or further information please contact Erika Luitjens at 8012046393 or send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Receive weekly email updates from UNA about trainings, jobs and benefits

Request to be added to our listserv: send your name, organization, and email address to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Member-to-Member Listserv

Share ideas and problems with other UNA members with the Member-to-Member Listserv.

ReadyTalk Phone & Web-Conferencing

Utah Nonprofits Association has teamed up with ReadyTalk to bring you an easy-to-use conferencing solution at unbeatable rates. ReadyTalk's web and teleconferencing services are ideal for your organization. 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. It's simple.
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. Members can see and hear the message. Unlimited recording playbacks.
Simplify and Save: Our flexible rates fit your organization's budget-pay per minute or on an unlimited enterprise basis.

To learn more about ReadyTalk and sign up for this exceptional offer, visit ReadyTalk or contact Jay Mills at (303) 209-1730 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Human Resource Tools

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Human Resources Consulting from Employers Council

Receive free or low-cost human resources consulting ranging from specific employee issues to the creation of a comprehensive employee manual. Through UNA's association with The Employers Council, members have access to this valuable, cost-saving service. For more information, write us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , as only UNA members in good standing may use this service.

UNA Job Board

As a member, you may post jobs on the UNA Job Board for your own organization.

Lexis-Nexis Background Checks

Through UNA's partnership with Lexis-Nexis, our nonprofit members can receive significant discounts on background and financial checks on prospective employees and volunteers. For more information, contact Rob Wilson, (901) 236-7868 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Fundraising Tools

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Giftworks Fundraising Software

Mission Research, makers of GiftWorks fundraising software, is proud to be a partner of the Utah Nonprofits Association. As a member of UNA, you are entitled to a 20% discount on GiftWorks. Click here to learn more and get your discount.

GiftWorks is the fastest-growing fundraising software for nonprofit organizations because it is affordable and easy to use. It helps nonprofits raise more money by tracking donors and donations, managing campaigns, sending mailings, and generating reports. GiftWorks also has optional add-ins that manages volunteers, execute fundraising events, and collect online donations.

Mission Research is a socially responsible software company focused on serving the nonprofit sector. Started in 2002, the company launched GiftWorks fundraising software in 2004. Today GiftWorks has over 7,000 customers and is supported by over 600 consultants around the world.

Learn more about GiftWorks at www.MissionResearch.com, or call 888-323-8766 x2.

UNA has teamed up with GrantStation to offer you online access to a comprehensive list of over 6,000 foundations and corporate giving programs, religious grantmakers, and other organizations with grantmaking programs...all from the comfort of your own desk!

GrantStation is for UNA Members only
Only $25 (nonrefundable) for a login (each station for one year)
Online access good for a whole year
Work from the comfort of your own desk—24 hours a day, seven days a week, if you like!
6000 potential sources for grants
Free How-to Webinars
GrantStation Insider (newsletter)

To learn more about GrantStation, click here!

Subscribe online or mail a $25 check to Utah Nonprofits Association, 175 S. Main St., Ste. 1210, Salt Lake City, UT 84111. Contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call UNA at 801-596-1800 or toll free at 888-596-1801 if you have any questions.

GrantStation Insider weekly email

Discount on Greater Giving (formerly Auctionpay) online payment processing

Thanks to UNA’s new partnership with Greater Giving (formerly Auctionpay), members of Utah Nonprofits Association are eligible for a new benefit that will streamline and enhance their fundraising success. Greater Giving Auctionpay provides event management software, online registration and fundraising, and event day payment processing. More than 6,500 nonprofit organizations nationwide have chosen Greater Giving to automate and improve the processes associated with their benefit events. UNA members will enjoy a 15% discount off Greater Giving products and services, which include:

Online registration and donation (Online Payments)
Payment processing designed for benefit events (Event Payments)
Event management software

The 15% discount for UNA Members applies to setup fees for Greater Giving Event and Online Payments and the purchase price of event management software.

Greater Giving™, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with six satellite offices in the U.S., is dedicated to providing technology solutions to the nonprofit community in order to improve their fundraising efforts. Greater Giving offers a complete event fundraising solution that includes event management software, an online registration and donation service, and on-site payment processing the day of the event. Products and services are available separately or as an integrated solution.

To learn more about Greater Giving Auctionpay services, visit www.greatergiving.com, www.auctionpay.com or contact Greater Giving Auctionpay Area Marketing Manager Karla Ford at 800-276-5992. You must identify yourself as a UNA member in good standing to be eligible for this member benefit.

Unis Foundation and Corporation Database through FRCI

FRCI's (Fund Raising Counsel, Inc.) UNIS database is the only Utah-focused, online searchable database, of over 650 Utah foundations and corporations which support Utah nonprofit organizations. UNA members receive a discount toward the annual subscription fee. To learn more about UNIS, or to take UNIS for a free one-hour test drive, please visit www.frcigroup.com

Foundation Center Cooperating Collection Online Database

The Foundation Center is a leader in providing grantmaking information and other resources.

UNA Library

The Utah Nonprofits Association (UNA) has an extensive Resource Library of materials with information on public and private funding sources, philanthropy, board development and nonprofit management issues. The collection includes a full series of BoardSource materials, subscriptions to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Nonprofit Times and other periodic publications for review.

Dialogue with Funders

UNA hosts this event (members only!) for UNA members to meet with local funders.

Insurance

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Liability Insurance through Beehive Insurance Agency

Take advantage of our Directors' and Officers', General Liability, Auto and Property and Casualty insurance plans offered through UNA's association with Beehive Insurance. Our dedicated agent Susan Smith provides competitive quotes and is a specialist in nonprofit risk management. To find out more about these insurance plans, contact Susan Smith at Beehive Insurance at (801) 685-6860.

Unemployment Insurance through First Nonprofit Companies

First Nonprofit Companies offers UNA members an alternative to paying state-funded unemployment taxes by establishing an individual, self-funded unemployment trust. Participating UNA member organizations are now saving as much as 20%! First Nonprofit Companies provide convenient local consulting for unemployment claims. To find out more about this membership benefit, visit First Nonprofit Companies Unemployment Insurance.

Health and Dental Insurance for nonprofit employees through Beehive Insurance Agency

To find out more about these insurance plans, contact Susan Smith at Beehive Insurance at (801) 685-6860.

Supplies & Services

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Staples Business Advantage

UNA is pleased to continue our partnership with Staples Business Advantage! Staples Business Advantage, part of Staples, Inc. is the Contract and Commercial division of Staples. Staples Business Advantage offers excellent prices, easy online ordering, and free delivery on virtually everything you need in office supplies, furniture, janitorial and printing services. And now, thanks to its affiliation with Utah Nonprofits Association it's easier than ever to take advantage of everything SBA has to offer. Enrolling in the program is easy; we have developed an online registration form to streamline the process. Enroll here.

Off Broadway Theatre Discounts

The Off Broadway Theatre (OBT) in downtown Salt Lake is pleased to offer two valuable benefits to UNA members— their facilities and their shows! (Either together or separately.) You can rent the theatre, 272 S. Main Street, for your meetings, benefit performances, etc. The 250-seat OBT auditorium is equipped with a curtained stage and professional light and sound equipment. UNA members can rent the facility for $250 per evening, Sundays and Tuesdays through Thursdays, or $500 a night Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays—a 50% savings.

Second, OBT offers discount tickets for UNA members bringing groups to our family-friendly musical parodies or improv performances, or you can book the theatre’s improv comedy troupe, Laughing Stock, to perform at your event at a discounted price.

To find out more about these and other benefits OBT will provide UNA members, contact Sandy Jensen at 801-355-4628 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Check out the theatre at http://theobt.org/

Use of UNA Color Copier

Call UNA offices to reserve a time to use the copier, 801-596-1800. 45 cents per color copy, 5 cents for b/w on our plain white paper. Bring your own paper and pay 25 cents for color, 3 cents for b/w.

One Month Free Rent at Artspace

Artspace (www.artspaceutah.org) is a nonprofit that creates affordable live and work space for artists, nonprofits, cultural organizations and others that revitalize neighborhoods. Artspace is offering members of UNA up to a month’s free rent on new leases for space at any Artspace project.

Artspace has a range of office and studio space available. The newest Artspace project, Artspace Commons, opens in September and has a variety of office sizes priced from $350/month including utilities. Artspace Commons is a cutting-edge sustainable mixed-use project with solar photovoltaic window awnings and solar thermal boiler along with controlled access bike storage and showers in restrooms for those who bike or jog to work. Artspace also has great spaces in our renovated warehouses for lease.

If you want affordable space adjacent to other nonprofits and close to downtown and TRAX, call Jackie Skibine at 801.534.0231. Your UNA membership entitles you to up to a month free rent on a new lease.

MoreMarbles: Tap into university consulting to boost your organization.

MoreMarbles and the Utah Nonprofits Association have partnered up to offer UNA members an 80% discount on a university consulting project. For $95, a team of students and their professor will spend 10 weeks working on a customized project for your organization, providing analysis and recommendations in a final written report. Project teams will help you:

Evaluate and measure client impact
Improve marketing and outreach efforts
Identify new sources of funding
Save money and time through operational efficiency
Use social media to increase public awareness

Starting a project is simple. Go to www.moremarbles.com, describe your project need, and choose from the list of teams that match your criteria. Or, give us a call and we'll discuss project ideas with you, help you create a project scope and connect you with a university team. Contact Andrew Allen at 801-893-1003, or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .