It’s not a question of whether you can afford to be a DANA member, but whether you can afford not too!

1. Increase Your Budget: By joining DANA, your nonprofit’s operating budget has a 500% greater chance of increasing in the next five years, than non-members!

How do we know? We completed a study which looked at 400 Delaware nonprofits and their operating budgets and found that 77% of DANA members saw their operating budgets increase versus 14% for non-members.

2. A Public Policy Powerhouse: DANA members receive the benefit of having a strong advocate for their cause at both the federal, state and local levels. Our work in protecting the charitable tax-exemption saved nonprofits based in Wilmington more than $8 million annually. We are also working actively at the state and federal levels to increase charitable giving, and to direct more government resources and contracts to nonprofits.

3. Free Publicity: Every day DANA promotes the good works of its members through publications like our Delaware Nonprofit Directory, Your Help Is Needed, published weekly in The News Journal.

4. www.delawarenonprofit.org: DANA’s has built a world class website that allows direct access to the best links, resources, and information for your board, staff and organizational development.

5. Free Advice About Your Nonprofit: DANA’s staff prides itself in being our members first call for help on all management issues. We field more than 1,500 inquiries and requests for information annually. DANA members are assured of being only one phone call away from the right answer.

6. Group Buying Power: As a member, you automatically receive the combined buying power of more than 300 organizations, allowing your agency to receive cost savings on a range of products and services.

7. Discounts on all DANA Publications: Our Wage & Benefit Report, Delaware Nonprofit Directory, and other publications not only provide accurate and important information for the effective operation of your organization, but at special discounted rates.

8. Discounts on all DANA Conferences & Workshops: DANA’s conferences receive universal praise for their content and professional presentation. As a member you have the opportunity to learn from leading national, regional and local experts at a substantial discount.

9. Access to Volunteers & Board Members: DANA created the Your Help Is Needed column which appears every Sunday in The News Journal, to allow our members to promote volunteer openings for free to more than 265,000 readers. Through our Leadership Delaware program, DANA members have the opportunity to recruit qualified professionals from the public, private and nonprofit sectors to serve on their boards of directors.

10. Experienced & Superior Staff: DANA’s staff is committed to serving your organization, and helping provide you with highest standards of service. We are here to help you and your organization in any way we can, because our mission is simple ... to improve your capacity and ability to pursue your mission.