Overcome Nonprofit Challenges With Purchasing Solutions

In today’s economic climate, nonprofits are facing an array of challenges from operating costs and inflation to staffing constraints and an ever-changing legislative climate. There’s no doubt that time spent navigating these issues hinders nonprofits’ ability to fulfill their missions. For this reason, a recent NonProfit PRO webinar, sponsored by OMNIA Partners, offered a cooperative purchasing solution designed to ease the burdens on nonprofits.

By leveraging cooperative purchasing, nonprofits gain access to a robust portfolio of products and services. This approach to procurement helps reduce expenses and save valuable time, Melinda Pallotta, senior director of nonprofit at OMNIA Partners, said.

“Cooperative contracts give nonprofits access to hundreds of suppliers within dozens of different categories and subcategories,” she said.

“I always like to describe it as aggregating our collective buying power to drive costs down, to simplify the buying process of all the different products and services that you get every day, month, whatever it may be, so that you can use those time savings to focus in on your daily mission as a nonprofit,” Corey Imhoff, vice president, nonprofit at OMNIA Partners, said.

OMNIA Partners' OPUS, an e-commerce purchasing platform allows users to browse catalogs and make purchases from reputable suppliers in one cart. The platform also provides custom purchasing guidance from subject matter experts and the potential to leverage group discounts. As many nonprofits know, the traditional purchasing process can take weeks to months.

“The co-op process shortens that time,” Kristy Gonzalez, director of nonprofit at OMNIA Partners, said. “Purchasing from an already-established, competitively solicited contract, removes a few steps from the traditional purchasing process, giving you back valuable time – time that you can spend furthering your mission, and time spent on more important projects.”

For nonprofits operating on tight budgets and looking to navigate operational inefficiencies, simplifying your purchasing processes is important.

“You have an extra pair of hands to carry the load all the way through,” Pallotta said.

And in today’s landscape, that’s a game changer.

Watch the full webinar on-demand here.