Benefits:

• Bonded Service Contract  (details)
   
• Business Insurance: Discounts for nonprofits including automobile, Directors & Officers Liability, Unemployment, Fidelity Bonding, General Liability, Professional Liability, Property, and Volunteer & Participant Accident, and Workers Comp.
  Statewide in PA:   Domenick & Associates
   
• Nonprofit Health Alliance (29 Western Pennsylvania Counties and Central PA) details
   
• Unemployment Program: A unique way for 501(c)(3) organizations to save their unemployment tax dollars. A comprehensive program designed for every size nonprofit, big and small. 

Services and Products

• Advocacy Tools through Knowlegis
   
• Discounted Background Check Services - Coeus Global
   
• Conference Call Discounts- New Lower prices as of 5/1/10!
  PANO members pay only .39 cents per minute per line for telephone conferencing and 7 cents per minute per line for web conferencing.  Members, sign up here: http://pages.readytalk.com/pano.html.
   
• Consultant Services The following consultants will extend a 10% discount to PANO members
  
  Capital Venture
  Sand Associates
  Sylvia Marketing
  Vive Consulting  -- flyer
   
• Free Job/Event Postings
  We also allow our members to post job announcements and upcoming events at no charge here.
  Central PA members may also post free job postings at http://www.harrisburgjobs.com/
   
• Gifts In Kind Membership- Save 33% Contact Jennifer Ross for details
   
• Payroll & Tax Services: Discount on ADP (Automatic Data Processing) for new customers. Contact Jonathan Bailes for information at jonathan_bailes@adp.com or at 717-343-2504.
   
• Publication Discounts   (see our bookstore)
   
• Preferred Retirement Plan Vendors
  Mutual Of America  www.mutualofamerica.com
  Security Benefits Group
   
• Salary and Benefits Survey (December 2009)- $100 for PANO members; $125 for nonmembers
   
• Discounted Standards for Excellence Intro Session, Clinic Series, Certification, and free and discounted Educational Materials
   
• Telephone Equipment Worldwide Telecom offers discounted Mitel, Toshiba, Inter-tel and Captaris telephone equipment.
   
• Discounted Technology Training with Idealware
   
• Utility Consulting.  APPI: reducing and managing energy and utility expenses. Services include Energy Procurement, Utility Bill Audits, Green Energy options, and other solutions to reduce expenses. Contact Kathy Kiernan at 800-520-6685.

Software & Technology

• Internet Service, Web Design, Hosting and more
  NittanyLink provides a 10% discount on its services.
  Click here for more details.
   
• Discounted Fundraising and Volunteer Databases through

  Mission Research (Giftworks) Click here for details.
  Tower Care Technologies Click here for details.
   

• Discounted Technology Training with Idealware
   
• Web Site Exposure: Members can have a free link from the member page to their web site.  We also allow our members to post job announcements and upcoming events at no charge here.
    
• Free Color Printer Program with Xerox details

With the discounts you receive as a PANO member, your membership more than pays for itself.

Education:

PANO offers seminars on a variety of topics in various parts of the state.   Members receive discounts on these programs.  Check out our listing of upcoming PANO Events.  All Idealware training is discounted 15% for members.

Our newsletter, "Keynotes" is published quarterly for our members. "Keynotes" provides updates on current legislation and issues, posts current member benefits, and keeps members educated about what PANO is doing statewide.  It also included informational articles on each of its themes: Fundraising, Board & Governance, Risk Management, and Public Policy.

Our electronic newsletter, "PANO enews" is published bi-weekly and provides Standards Education pieces, event updates, special opportunities, member update, public policy alerts, and more.  If you are a member and are not currently receiving enews, email your name, email address, title and organization name to Jennifer Ross.

Affiliations and Public Policy:

PANO monitors changes in Federal and State legislation and regulations that broadly impact the nonprofit sector, and mobilizes members through “Action Alerts” and informational updates. Join the Public Policy Committee. The Committee meets monthly via conference call and is open to all PANO members willing to discuss the issues and get involved.

PANO is involved with a number of organizations which affect the nonprofit sector. PANO is a member of the National Council of Nonprofits and of Independent Sector.

Executive Director Joe Geiger conducts monthly interviews with leaders in the nonprofit sector and public officials for the Lincoln Radio Journal.  PANO participates in an annual charitable survey with the Lincoln Institute on Public Policy.

PANO members can access these services:

• Training Seminars
• Technical Assistance including Nonprofit Governance and Legislative Information
Information on the Legislative Process and on Getting to Know Your Legislator
• Education on Public Policy Issues that Affect Nonprofits, such as:

Information on Stimulus Funding
Charitable Mileage Reimbursement
Lobbyist Disclosure Act of 2006
Updates on Regulatory Changes
Nonprofit Town Hall Meetings

Technical Assistance (Nonprofit Help Desk)

PANO provides free technical assistance to its members when possible. For long-term assistance, we provide a free referral service to consultants in fields such as accounting, fundraising, legal services, tax services, etc.

Members access most of our Standard for Excellence Educational Resources for free.

We sell the newest (eighth) edition of the "Pennsylvania Nonprofit Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Start and Run Your Nonprofit Organization."  This publication is a veritable A-Z guide for new and established nonprofits in Pennsylvania.  For more information, you can contact our office at 717-236-8584. Visit our bookstore for more details.