Membership Information

JOIN US FOR FREE! When you become a Member you join a Network Community of Individuals and Organizations working to Move Humanity Forward through the Arts, Business, and Humanitarian Initiatives

1. Add your VOICE to Advocate for your Organization
2. Get expert advice for great rates at our one-stop shop for expert services 
3. Simplify your life with helpful information and resources that you can trust
4. Receive Exclusive Invites to LIVE EVENTS with opportunities to FUNDRAISE, NETWORK and REPRESENT your organization
5. Gain Insight into the world of not-for-profit rules and regulations for purposes of compliance and fundraising efforts

Here’s how to join for FREE: 

• 1. Find out which membership dues level is right for you and how much it costs.
• 2. Click HERE to join online - you can pay with a credit card or choose to get an invoice and mail a check. 
• 3. OR Download our registration form, complete it, and mail it with your check. 

FREE MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Insurance and Risk Management Insurance - health, liability, worker's comp, D&O, and more! Members have exclusive access to Insurance Services through IAPF Insurance Services, designed by and for nonprofit organizations. IAPF Experts are helping nonprofits select the best plans while enrolling their part-time and occasional workers, plus dependents of current employees. IAPF Insurance is here to serve the nonprofit sector with a commitment to quality and cost savings.

Save on things you buy every day -   PurchasingPoint is an exclusive discount program for nonprofits that leverages group buying power to get access to significant savings from more than 200 vendors including Enterprise and National rental cars, Pitney Bowes mailing systems, Konica Minolta copiers, office supplies through Staples TRU RED program, shipping through FedEx and much more! Staff and volunteers can also use discounts on rental cars, hotels, and prescription drugs with their families and at home. 

Human Resources Support - Members get a FREE subscription to Mineral (formerly ThinkHR): you get access to their online library of compliance information and training, including an interactive employee handbook builder, required sexual harassment training for supervisors, and a hotline to call when you have a question. Members can also get discounted online sexual harassment training for non-supervisor staff (now required in California for any organization with 5 or more staff) from Compliance Training Group. Members pay half price (only $50) for posting an open position on our Job Board.  Members-Only Library of Articles, Samples and Templates Members can access templates, policy samples, and articles on financial management, board governance, and human resources to help your organization stay compliant.  

Training  and advice webinars - All IAPF webinars - including recordings - are free for Members. 

Marketing - Ready to promote your cause in a big way? Great Kolor offers printing and placement of giant ads on buses, in train stations and on outdoor kiosks across California. Nonprofits get great rates: while locations, times and venues are very different, Great Kolor historically comes in at - or below - 20 cents on the dollar for outdoor advertising campaigns. The consulting fee is waived for Members and you get access to quarterly email updates on low cost/no cost availability of public service ad space so you can take advantage of "right now" deals! 

Website Design - Upgrade your old website or build a new one! Elevation is a leading digital design agency with experience and expertise in developing websites for nonprofits. Our mission at Elevation is to equip nonprofits with the tools they need in order to continue generating measurable change in their communities. Services include website design, branding, and digital marketing tools. Elevation offers a 1-for-1 match grant, plus IAPF members receive an additional 10% off their project costs through this special partnership.

Unemployment Insurance Management - Unemployment Services Trust helps nonprofit organizations save money on their unemployment costs. Check out the "What Every Nonprofit Should Know About Unemployment Insurance" presentation!  Background checks  COEUS Global offers great rates and responsive customer service to IAPF members – including setting up your own online portal for volunteers and staff to enter their information and, if you choose, to ask them if they want to cover the cost of the background check (about 20% of volunteers say yes to this option!) They can also process LiveScan fingerprint background checks – and help you figure out what kind of information you really need to collect. Plus – all the information is stored on their secure servers so you don’t have to worry about keeping sensitive personal information in your files. 

Intellicorp Records - Great prices on records search background checks available for your nonprofit employees/volunteers - includes criminal search, sex offender registry, SSN verification with address history and Terrorist search (OFAC). 

Accounting and Finance  

1. Signature Bank serves the unique financial needs of a wide variety of not-for-profit organizations and can assist you with a robust array of financial products including business deposit accounts with reduced banking costs; relationship-based money-market rates; a wide array of cash management services for both receivables and payables; corporate non-profit credit cards, merchant services, and financing options including tax-exempt loans and lines of credit for operations. Signature Bank is a full-service commercial bank with over $47 billion in assets and West Coast Headquarters located in San Francisco, California. 
2. Switch to the slightly-more-complicated but significantly less expensive interchange-plus pricing with Dharma Merchant Services. You can accept payments in person with a terminal, on your smartphone or tablet, or online. If you process $2,000 or more in payments each month, this program can save you hundreds of dollars in fees. 
3. Provident Credit Union - Your employees or your organization can open accounts, including health savings accounts and use the services of this great alternative to the big banks through their network of sister branches around the state. 

Stay up to date on nonprofit trends, research, and breaking news with Nonprofit Quarterly! The Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) is an independent nonprofit news organization that has been serving nonprofit leaders, charitable foundations, educators, independent activists, and others involved in the civil sector for more than fifteen years. Members get a $10 discount on one-year subscriptions to print and digital access (four issues, $49 instead of $59.) The discount can be used by current subscribers as well as for renewals.