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GrantStation for ACE Members

ACE members now have full access to GrantStation’s wide range of services for all your grant seeking needs, including:

• Find-a-Funder Database - Find the right grantmaker to fund your programs or projects with through the database. Targeted advanced searches allow you to sort through thousands of grantmaker profiles that include private and corporate foundations, corporate contribution programs, religious grantmakers, and associations with grantmaking programs.
• Federal Deadlines and State Funding Agencies - Search by deadline or keyword for Federal funding opportunities, updated daily.  Links to State Funding Agencies with requests for proposals and funding opportunities are provided.
• GrantStation Insider - A weekly funding alert delivered to your inbox provides the latest information on new funding programs, upcoming deadlines, conferences, seminars, and industry news for grantseekers.
• Grant Research - Articles and Resources for your research needs, including corporate fundraising, funder facts, a glossary of fundraising terms, and more!
• Grantsmentor - Master the art of putting together successful grant proposals with GrantStation's self-paced tutorial. Learn everything you need to know to write proposals that get funded, and how to manage your grant.

ACE members can get in on the best rates around on teleconferencing and web conferencing through ReadyTalk.  Teleconferencing is 4 cents/ minute per participant, and web conferencing is 8 cents/ minute per participant!

• Hold instant meetings whenever you need to with easy, reservationless teleconferencing at 4 cents a minute per participant.
• Present slides, collaborate on applications, and show your desktop through a web conference at 8 cents a minute per participant
• Get professional operator support for your events.
• Expand your knowledge of the applications of this technology through free webinars from ReadyTalk. 
• Get tips on how web conferencing can help get your message out and grow your organization.

Contact Betsy today to get started!

Nonprofit Risk Management Center

Arkansas Coalition for Excellence is the Nonprofit Risk Management Center’s (NRMC) Satellite location in Arkansas. Our members receive valuable Risk Management tips, discounts on training and resources for creating a risk management plan from NRMC. ACE Members have access to the Nonprofit Risk Management Center’s (NRMC) Monthly Newsletter.  See www.nonprofitrisk.org for more!

Resource Room

Check out resources on topics ranging from Risk Management to Fundraising and Philanthropy to Lobbying and Advocacy, Governance, Management and more!

        Located in the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation
        200 South Commerce St. Suite 100
        Little Rock, AR 72201

 Here are just a few of our offerings:

• Philanthropy in the 21st Century: The Foundation Center’s 50th Anniversary Interviews. Nauffts, Mitch Ed.  The Foundation Center (2006)
• Managing Risk in Nonprofit Organizations: A Comprehensive Guide.  Herman, Melanie et. al. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2004)
• Fundraising for Social Change. Klein, Kim. Jossey-Bass (2001)
• Coverage Claims and Consequences: An Insurance Handbook for Nonprofits. Nonprofit Risk Management Center (2002)
• The Lobbying and Advocacy Handbook for Nonprofit Organizations. Avner, Marcia. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (2002)
• Governing Boards. Houle, Cyril. The National Center for Nonprofit Boards (1989)
  The End of Poverty.  Sachs, Jeffrey. Penguin Books (2005)

 Discounts on Publications for ACE Members

NONPROFIT QUARTERLY

ACE Members get a 25% discount on subscriptions to Nonprofit Quarterly.

STANDFORD INNOVATION SOCIAL REVIEW

ACE Members get a 25% discount on subscriptions to the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

FIELDSTONE ALLIANCE

ACE Members get a 20% discount on publications from the Fieldstone Alliance.

NONPROFIT WORLD

Get Connected to Nonprofit Know-How from the Society for Nonprofit Organizations

Through our collaboration with the Society for Nonprofit Organizations (SNPO) and with support from the Arkansas Community Foundations, ACE members 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 and case studies in easy-to-read format. The subject matter covered is extensive: accounting, board development, communication, technology, fundraising, law, management, marketing, personnel, and volunteers.  Quite simply, Nonprofit World is “must reading” for anyone interested in the ever-expanding world of nonprofit management and leadership.

Office Depot

Office Depot has partnered with Arkansas Coalition for Excellence to provide you with the best products and pricing on office supplies and copy services, through a program called U.S. Communities

US Communities is an alliance utilizing the resources of purchasing agents across the nation to select and bid products and services on behalf of all local governments in the nation. The program has been expanded to allow non-profit agencies to purchase on their agreements.

Features:

• 500 core list office supply items discounted up to 85% off manufacturer’s list price
• Discounted pricing for remainder of catalog items
• Average discounts will exceed 50% off list pricing
• Business machines at market pricing
• Copy, print, and binding services discounted in each of our Office Depot stores
• Full line discounted promotional catalog
• Same low contract pricing available in our Office Depot stores

Benefits: 

• Regardless of your organization’s size you get to take advantage of the same pricing offered to the largest corporations in the United States.
• Order Online for Convenience or shop in any Office Depot store.

Online Ordering Rebates:

• If your agency uses Office Depot's electronic ordering systems for at least 40% of the total transactions, your organization will receive a reimbursement equal to 0.5% of the sales volume.
• If your agency uses Office Depot's electronic ordering systems for at least 80% of the total transactions, your organization will receive a reimbursement equal to 1% of the sales volume

Tech Depot 

Up to 80% off 500 core items in the store and online.

Tech Depot offers an extraordinary selection of products, including desktop and notebook computers, storage and networking devices, digital imaging solutions, servers, printers, software, accessories and more. No shipping charges, two day delivery, and a local sales expertise make this a valuable cost-saving benefit.

Special Rates for ACE Members:

Teleconferencing  $.06/min/participant  (70% off reg. price)

Web Conferencing  $.10/min/participant (60% off reg. price)

• ACE Members have access to the Nonprofit Risk Management Center’s (NRMC) Monthly Newsletter.  Active ACE Members get discounted access to training and NRMC’s Online Resources.  See www.nonprofitrisk.org for more!
• ACE Members get a full access to Grantstation fantastic resources for grant seekers including the find-a-funder database, GrantsMentor, a tutorial for building successful grant proposals, and more!  ACE Members also receive a weekly e-newsletter alerting them to new grant and funding opportunities
• ACE Members get a 25% discount on subscriptions to Nonprofit Quarterly.
• ACE Members get a 25% discount on subscriptions to the Stanford Social Innovation Review.
• ACE Members get a 20% discount on publications from the Fieldstone Alliance. Check them out at www.fieldstonealliance.org

Giftworks

GiftWorks 2010 Is Now Available!

We've released GiftWorks 2010 Standard and Premium!

These latest editions of GiftWorks represent more than just a new list of features (although we hope you will find the new features very beneficial); these editions represent our ongoing commitment to our clients and to the nonprofit sector. The feedback we receive from customers is read and evaluated thoroughly, and many, many of the recommendations we have heard have been implemented in the past few years. We know that one of the best ways to build great software is to listen, very carefully, to those who are using it.

So now, all nonprofits who are seeing GiftWorks for the first time will benefit from these years of accumulated insight and wisdom. All who are using GiftWorks today will be able to upgrade to take advantage of new functionality recommended by their colleagues.

We will continue to listen and to enhance GiftWorks in the years to come. All of us on the GiftWorks team remain extremely motivated to do our very best to support the important work you do in your community and in the world.

The Best Ways to Learn about GiftWorks 2010:

For prospective clients: Download a free GiftWorks 2010 trial and try it out! If you like it, you can purchase the software and we will provide a key to make your trial permanent. Also, you can sign up for one of our live guided webinars, so you can see GiftWorks in action.

For current clients: Sign up for one of the GiftWorks 2010 feature preview webinars. Or watch a video overview of the new features!

GiftWorks 2010 helps your organization to:

• Increase efficiency with quick, efficient keyboard-based "batch" entry for donors and donations that will save data entry hours right away.
• Raise more with SmartFields available for insertion into letter templates where amounts and dates can be calculated so you can have more effective solicitations and communications.
• Increase accuracy with the ability to merge donor records and use key-based donor matching on imported data.
• Manage more with the ability to enter and manage zero-dollar donations for improved management of inkind donation programs.

ACE MEMBERS RECEIVE %20 of of the purchase of the Standard or Premium software license. Visit GiftWorks for more information.