Endorsed Services

Being a member of CT Nonprofits gives you access to the combined buying power of more than 500 nonprofit organizations.

Utilize our Endorsed Services to cut expenses, bolster your capacity and operations, and engage professional service firms who understand nonprofits.

CT Nonprofits works with a select group of companies that have demonstrated a commitment to understanding how to work constructively with nonprofits.

As a member of CT Nonprofits, you have access to cost-saving discounts and exclusive services from businesses that have stepped forward because they value the work of our members. These businesses have a proven record of working effectively with nonprofits organizations. By offering these considerable savings, they’re helping our members help Connecticut.

For more information on products, services and membership in CT Nonprofits, please contact Mark Berardi at mberardi@ctnonprofits.org or 860.525.5080 x14.

Participating Companies

Unemployment Trust: Unemployment Services Trust (UST)
Group Purchasing Contracts: CHA Shared Services Program
Employee Benefits: eBenefits Group Northeast
Commercial Insurance:

People’s United Insurance Agency (formerly RC Knox & Company and Beardsley Brown and Bassett)

Monitor Liability Nonprofit Management Insurance

Aetna Voluntary Fixed Benefits

Bearingstar Advantage Home & Auto

Copy Solutions Advanced Copy Technologies
Communications/Marketing Co-Communications
Food and Supplies:

Food Source Plus

Secure Energy Solutions

Furniture: Butler Woodcrafters
Fundraising Software: GiftWorks
  DonorPerfect
Fundraising Opportunity: Birdies for Charity
Payroll Services Payroll for Nonprofits
Phone and Web Conferencing: ReadyTalk
Sharing Marketplace IdeaEncore Network
Workers' Compensation Coverage Workers' Compensation Trust

 

 UST

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Put your money into fulfilling your mission and not into taxes! Join the Unemployment Services Trust (UST) today! CT Nonprofits has been a proud sponsor of the UST for more than 25 years.

What is the UST and how does it work? Your 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization has the option of withdrawing from the state unemployment tax system and becoming a reimbursing employer. Rather than manage the risks of being a reimbursing employer, you may join an unemployment trust and make regular contributions to the UST, which in turn reimburses the state for unemployment claims.


Advanced Copy Technologies

 

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Potential savings of up to 50% off retail pricing for your organization! Advanced Copy Technologies provides award-winning office equipment and document management services to thousands of organizations across Connecticut and Western Massachusetts.

The company offers the latest state-of–the-art products from Lanier, Kyocera, Xerox and Riso. The product range includes digital copiers, laser printers, digital duplicators, fax machines and wide format copiers. They also have over forty Document Management Solutions software packages and Managed Print Services.


 

     

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In partnership with the Chamber Insurance Trust, Aetna and Bearingstar Insurance, we’re excited to present these innovative voluntary insurance programs:

The Aetna Voluntary Fixed Benefits Plan pays a fixed benefit amount directly to your employees based on the type of service received, with limits on the number and types of services. The plan has no copays, deductibles or coinsurance, and all CT Nonprofits members and their dependents are eligible to participate.

Bearingstar Insurance offers your employees quality home and auto insurance at special group discounted rates of up to 30%! Coverage can include auto, homeowners, condo and renters and personal umbrella liability insurance. This is an employee “pay all” program with all policies directly billed to your employee. There is no minimum enrollment requirement and little administrative involvement on your part. The plan is underwritten by Arbella Insurance Group.


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Co-Communications is a full-service marketing and public relations firm specializing in developing strategic communications campaigns that help nonprofits to increase awareness, strengthen key relationships and, most importantly, get their voices heard! 
 

 

 

 


 

 Food Source Plus

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Food Source Plus is a premier food and supply purchasing company for health and human service organizations. Any nonprofits that feeds people can benefit by partnering with them.

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Secure Energy Solutions is a licensed Electricity/Natural Gas aggregator. They can offer and facilitate a host of general energy-related services, including the implementation of no-cost solar photovoltaic projects, 100% green energy procurement, energy audits and the implementation of a variety of efficiency projects.

 


 

Butler Woodcrafters

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Partnering with Butler Woodcrafters will save you time and money. They understand your furniture needs. Butler Woodcrafters specializes in creating warm and attractive living environments for human services agencies, community-based programs and supportive housing providers.

 GiftWorks

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GiftWorks is fundraising software anyone can use and everyone can afford. CT Nonprofits members receive a 20% discount on all purchases. Click here for a free trial and CT Nonprofits member coupon!


 Donor Perfect

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DonorPerfect fundraising software gives you the tools you need to better manage your donors, volunteers and fundraising activity so you have more time to give to your cause.

  • Reduce time spent on day to day functions
  • Improve fundraising efforts and increase your donations
  • Easily keep track of all donor contacts
  • Insightful reports save time and improve understanding
  • DonorPerfect grows with you as your organization grows

Birdies for Charity

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Sponsored by CohnReznick and endorsed by CT Nonprofits, Birdies for Charity is a unique opportunity for charitable groups and community organizations in Connecticut to utilize the Travelers Championship to raise funds and awareness for their cause. PGA TOUR professionals are anticipated to make an average of 1,500 - 2,000 birdies, Wednesday – Sunday of the Travelers Championship. In Birdies for Charity, you can turn all those birdies into money for your 501(c)(3)! All participating nonprofits simply solicit pledges based on the number of birdies made. Pledges can be as low as one penny!


Payroll for Nonprofits 

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Payroll for Nonprofits delivers enhanced payroll services that can meet the need of your organization. They are former consultants, CFOs, controllers, accountants and bookkeepers who have worked for nonprofits. With nearly 2 decades of nonprofit accounting experience, they understand your payroll needs and the challenges that go with them. Members of CT Nonprofits will receive a 15% discount on the total per payroll processing fee on all services. Members will also receive the “Plus PAK” free of charge which includes the general ledger file and accrual calculations.

ReadyTalk 

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With ReadyTalk, members of CT Nonprofits can enjoy 3.9 cent per minute audio conferencing, and 7 cent per minute web conferencing.

IdeaEncore

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IdeaEncore Network is a nonprofit resource center and a community of people who exchange information. We are people like you who have been through situations like yours. It’s a place for nonprofits and those who support them to share with each other. A place to share files and presentations, access nonprofit free documents and buy ready-to-use templates so you can meet deadlines, innovate faster and avoid reinventing wheels. CT Nonprofits members can create a free account and download most materials for free (Some items are for sale).  For those members who share their own resources, it’s free to upload files.  Members receive a 5% discount on fees when items you shared are purchased.


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Workers' Compensation Trust is Connecticut's largest provider of workers' compensation coverage to the healthcare and human services industries. The Trust was formed in 1981 to provide a stable, cost-effective alternative to the traditional insurance market for healthcare employers. Trust membership consists of over 400 Connecticut healthcare and human services businesses employing over 60,000 employees.


 

 

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People’s United Insurance Agency is a full-service insurance agency with headquarters in Hartford, Connecticut.  Serving businesses and business owners for over 100 years, the agency previously operated as four independent regional agencies: RC Knox and Company, Chittenden Insurance Group, Beardsley, Brown & Bassett, and Bank of Smithtown Insurance Agents & Brokers, Inc. The collective experience and talent of these four agencies were combined into a single, wholly-owned subsidiary of People’s United Bank in 2011.

 

 

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Monitor Liability Managers’ Nonprofit Management Liability insurance is designed to protect your organization. You choose the protection best suited to your needs. Choices include Directors and Officers Liability, Employment Practices Liability and optional Fiduciary and Fidelity and Crime insurance. Connecticut Association of Nonprofits members can access this comprehensive coverage and the peace of mind it brings at a discounted price.

For more information, contact Jennifer McEwen-Glover with People’s United Insurance Agency
at (203) 338-7980, or jennifer.mcewen-glover@peoples.com.