How Virtual Assistants Can Save Your Non-Profit

Are you a non-profit administrator, struggling to provide services on an ever-shrinking budget? If you are, I’ve got great news for you! By hiring Virtual Assistants (independent contractors who work offsite), you can spend more of those hard-won dollars to meet the mission of your organization.

Did that statement catch you off-guard? I’m not surprised; most non-profit administrators have never thought of using Virtual Assistants to keep their offices running. What if I told you there are five very important reasons why offsite personal assistants make more sense than an office full of employees? Here they are:

1. Virtual Assistants won’t cost you non-profit payroll taxes, employee benefits, or workers compensation insurance premiums.
2. Because they work offsite, personal assistants like the ones available through 24/7 Virtual Assistant don’t require additional office space, computer equipment or office supplies.
3. Virtual Assistants are versatile! Most VAs, at least the ones working through our company, are willing to go above and beyond, providing both office support and concierge services for your onsite staff.
4. Offsite personal assistants allow you to know for certain what your staffing costs will be month-to-month. We offer our clients the chance to pay a set fee for their services.
5. Virtual Assistants don’t have downtime! Every organization has busy seasons and slow times, but our VAs aren’t billing you if they aren’t working for you.

Doesn’t that sound like a great way to staff your non-profit? If you’re not sure, let me draw a picture of how a non-profit might look when staffed by Virtual Assistants.

Imagine a dedicated group of individuals coming together to provide a service. Once they’ve achieved 501(c)3 status, they’re ready to open up shop. Here’s where they’re different from most non-profits: rather than hiring a full-time staff, the administrator contracts with a talented Virtual Assistant to set up and monitor email accounts, provide phone answering service, update blogs, prepare fundraising letters and work with the printer to create marketing pieces.

The VA also finds them a talented accountant to keep their finances on track, and works with a web designer to build their website. As the organization grows, an onsite person is hired to greet visitors and coordinate the work of a whole team of Virtual Assistants, who still provide most of the support behind the scenes.
The money they save by using offsite personal assistants goes to further their programs, making their donors happy as well as the people they serve!

Wouldn’t it be great to be able to tell your donors how much money you save by using Virtual Assistants? Not only do you look frugal, the level of service you can provide with a virtual staff will also help boost your professional image.

If you’re out there scrambling for disappearing donations and you need to create the leanest nonprofit possible, it’s time to explore the Virtual Assistant option. I can help make the decision even easier by telling you that, here at 247VirtualAssistant.com, we offer every new client a free one-week, ten hour trial.

Spend your money on what matters, and let offsite personal assistants keep your organization running. It’s the smart thing to do for today’s nonprofit corporations.