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Let ACRE Help Your Nonprofit Meaningfully Reduce Costs
The Nonprofit Buying Network
There's Purchasing Power in Numbers
Most nonprofits don’t have enough purchasing power to push vendors to offer their lowest-price deals. The Nonprofit Buying Network is here to change that.
The Network leverages aggregate nonprofit demand over time. Vendors compete harder when they know a strong offer today can influence future nonprofit sales opportunities—giving you access to pricing that’s difficult to achieve on your own.
You tell us what you want, then the Network invites appropriate vendors to bid on your business, while emphasizing that the strongest bids secure priority status to bid on future nonprofit projects.
There’s no cost for nonprofits to participate, and no obligation to choose any vendor—you simply gain more leverage at the moment it matters most.
When you’re planning a purchase of $1000 or more, let the Nonprofit Buying Netwok know, and we’ll go to work to see how much we might save you!
The Discount Clearinghouse
ACRE actively manages the most comprehensive online repository of cost-saving deals as well as free and discounted offers specifically for nonprofits. 200+ offers from companies in dozens of categories are easily searchable.
Get even more exclusive bonus savings, available only at the Discount Clearinghouse, when you take advantage of ACRE’s select special rebate offers!
Whatever you’re in the market for, from software to bookkeeping, check the Discount Clearinghouse first to see how much you might save!
When you’re looking to pay less for purchases:
Start with the Discount Clearinghouse to see what deals are already available.
Use the Nonprofit Buying Network when the purchase is big enough that real leverage matters.
Low-Cost Support Services
Leveraging Human Expertise and AI Support
Interested in heavily discounted options to handle some of your hands-on operational needs? ACRE offers several outsourced support services, several of which are led by human experts and nonprofit professionials using low-cost AI tools for administrative support. The combination means you get high-quality services for a fraction of the cost of other outsourcing options.
Use them for individual projects or on an ongoing basis. Here’s some of the low-cost and ACRE-managed outsourced services available to you:
Operations Support & Management:
Projects led by Operations Manager for an Association Management Company and an Associate Executive Director of Finance and Administration for a national nonprofit membership association. Projects include:
- Procurement
- Vendor management
- Functional support/optimization (HR, Finance, Legal, etc.)
- Program management
- Project management
- Write Board and committee reports, policies, backgrounders, white papers, etc.
- Board, committee, volunteer orientation guides.
- Annual report production
- Transcribe and format meeting minutes
Virtual Assistants:
Reduce labor costs by as much as 75%! ACRE contracts with multiple firms to provide fully vetted, English-speaking, and supervised overseas assistants trained in whatever administrative skills you need. You’ll get timely and quality work at a fraction of the cost.
Public Policy Research & Advocacy Services:
Projects led by a former Fortune 500 corporate government affairs director and a policy director for a national medical society. A la carte or package offerings:
- Research of public policy issues to produce data, statistics, media mentions, related government policies, and real-life examples of the issue and its impact.
- Write talking points, backgrounders, white papers, press releases, etc.
- Assist in developing and supporting strategy for an advocacy campaign, grassroots engagement, and public outreach.
Operating Cost Reduction
Ensure you’ve maximized efficiency and eliminated any unnecessary administrative costs by using tools and programs developed by ACRE. The services are available to nonprofits for little or no cost, and include:
- Opportunity Analysis: Process Cost Optimization
- Healthy Alternatives: Cost-Saving Options in Employer Healthcare Plans
- Cost Benchmarking Against Similar Nonprofits
- Implementation of Model Nonprofit Spending Practices
Nonprofits that are looking for ways to reduce spending in any specific area are invited to contact ACRE for free advice, cost analysis, and/or examples of how other nonprofits have found innovative ways to reduce spending in similar categories.
Interested In Saving Money On A Particular Program Or Expenditure? Just Want Some Ideas On New Ways To Reduce Overall Spending? ACRE Can Help With Free Guidance And Cost-Saving Services.