Non Profit Organizations and Toll Free Numbers

November 14, 2007

Non profit organizations are almost always struggling to pay their expenses.   They’re intent is to spread the word about a charity, or help a group of people or another organization (like the environment, humane society, children, etc) and whatever money the non profit brings in is put back out to support their cause or pay their expenses for operating. 

Non profit organizations are operating often at minimum financial levels; making just enough to get by and very little else, as that is the nature of an organization that isn’t functioning to make a profit. What usually happens is the person in charge of sending out payments waits until the last possible second, hoping to get some more money in from donations and fund raising events, and sometimes the result is late fees, which of course isn’t helping the situation any!

A non profit organization must still present a professional image, particularly those that are working to raise money to support a cause of some kind.  While many non profits are small and aren’t able to shell out a lot of money on their advertising or image; one thing that just about every non profit organization can afford is a toll free number.  This will instantly help establish a professional image for the non profit, and may help people have the ability to call the non profit who otherwise would be unable to dial because of long distance rates.

Toll free phone numbers are so affordable now that even a struggling non profit can benefit from having one.  Thanks to Get800today.com’s prepaid service, the organization can take just $25 to fund their toll free number, activate their service, and set up their incoming toll free calls to forward directly to their main phone line.  As people call in, a few cents per minute is deducted from the deposit, and when the balance gets low- the person in charge of the non profit organization will be notified and can decide whether or not to make another deposit to keep their toll free number active.  With no contracts to sign or hardware installation involved, it makes sense for non profit organizations to try out a toll free number to see if it helps increase the number of incoming calls their organization receives. 

Boost your non profit organizations professional image with a toll free number, and see if it doesn’t also  help support your cause.  Image is everything.

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