Helping Nonprofits Buy Smarter,
Save Bigger, and Breathe Easier
ACRE does the purchashing legwork to get your nonprofit the best deal on exactly what you want. ACRE will:
- Research and verify nonprofit discount offers and special deals
- Identify and compare a wide range of qualified vendors
- Challenge service renewal proposals using real-world data and competitive offers
- Negotiate with the added leverage of representing the buying interests of multiple nonprofits
Even if you already have a quote on exactly what you want, check with ACRE before you finalize the deal to see if we can get it for a better price. That’s what ACRE does!
There's A Procurement Plan For
Nonprofits And Purchases Of All Sizes
Free Plan
Comparative Pricing Research
(For Expenditures Between $1K – $5K)
- Tell Us What You Want To Buy
- No RFPs!
- Just a 60-second online request process
- ACRE initiates sourcing & competitive price checking
- One round of ACRE negotiations with lowest-priced vendors
- Rapid Quote – You receive pricing options within a few days
- No obligation to accept any offer
- No Fee. 100% free service for nonprofits!
Shared Savings Plan
Full Procurement Services
(For Expenditures Above $5K)
- Tell Us Your Current Spend/Budget
- ACRE produces a free upfront savings estimate
- Conducts extensive sourcing & competitive price checking
- Implements customized multi-step negotiation strategy
- Negotiate with current provider, if desired
- Best bids provided for review
- No obligation to buy
- No Up Front Fees.You Only Pay If We Save You Money
Special Savings Opportunities Only Available at ACRE
Exclusive Provider Deals
ACRE works with service providers that want to grow their presence within the nonprofit community by offering occasional special deals, including time-limited discount offers, volume-capped promotional offers, introductory rates for new and improved services, and other nonprofit-specific savings opportunities that the providers create.
Exclusive ACRE Rebates
ACRE participates in some providers’ referral or affiliate programs, that compensate ACRE if a purchase of their product is initiated through ACRE. When those providers allow it, and it’s practical to do so, ACRE rebates a portion of that referral fee back to the nonprofit that made the purchase, to make the nonprofit savings even bigger!
Less than half of the providers with products and services listed in the Discount Clearinghouse have affilliate/referral programs in which ACRE receives a “referral fee” if a nonprofit purchase of their product originates through ACRE. (All such referral arrangements are clearly noted.) This is how ACRE can offer its free procurement services.
The Discount Clearinghouse
ACRE actively manages the most comprehensive online repository of cost-saving deals, discounted offers, and free services specifically for nonprofits. 200+ curated offers from companies in dozens of categories.
Save even more with exclusive ACRE-negotiated special offers from nonprofit providers and bonus rebates from ACRE, available only at the Discount Clearinghouse.
Whatever you’re in the market for, from email marketing software to affordable employee health benefit options, 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 ACRE’s procurement services when the purchase is big enough that real leverage matters.
Outsourced Support Services
Save 50% - 75% Off Traditional Fees
Leveraging Human Expertise and AI Support
Access highly affordable professional services on a fractional or as-needed basis!
ACRE offers several outsourced support services led by professionals with deep subject matter expertise supported by low-cost AI administrative tools.
The combination means you get high-quality services for a fraction of the cost of typical contracting arrangements.
Current Outsourced Services Include:
Operations Support & Management:
Projects led by experienced Operations Manager for an Association Management Company and an Associate Executive Director of Finance and Administration for a national membership association. Expertise in:
- Procurement
- Vendor management
- Administrative optimization
- Program management
- Project management
Virtual Assistants:
Reduce labor costs by as much as 75%! ACRE contracts with multiple U.S. and overseas firms to provide fully vetted, English-speaking, and closely supervised assistants well trained in whatever administrative skills you need for whatever amount of time 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 and their impact.
- Write talking points, backgrounders, issue information papers, press releases, etc.
- Assist in developing and supporting strategy for an advocacy campaign, grassroots engagement, and public outreach.
Communications and Social Media
Projects led by a former Fortune 500 Director of Corporate Communications. Services include:
- Content creation for all media
- Donor communications
- Social media content development & posting plan
- Report writing