Microsoft and Professional Advantage support not-for-profits in their mission to ‘do more good’ with software grants, complimentary workshops, and personalised demos. Microsoft’s complete suite of financial management, reporting, productivity, cloud services, and security technologies help accelerate your not-for-profit’s social impact by:
- Empowering full mobility and secure remote working so your staff and volunteers can serve your beneficiaries anytime, anywhere.
- Enabling rapid business process automation to speed up approvals or processing time.
- Helping you better manage your allocation of funds, track expenses and salaries, and manage costs across departments, regions, or programs.
- Simplifying complex reporting on how funds are allocated and used, visibility on staff utilisation, or analysing donation spend.
- Protecting the sensitive data of your communities against sophisticated and persistent cyber threats.
- Providing you with technologies that help you better manage and engage your volunteers.
Microsoft’s not-for-profit offerings include software grants and donations for Microsoft 365, Azure, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365, and we help you further explore these solutions at no cost.
If you aren’t fully aware of what your not-for-profit organisation is missing out on, read on to learn how to qualify and take advantage of these offerings.
What are Microsoft’s and Professional Advantage’s offers for Not-for-Profit organisations?
Each not-for-profit offer is designed to help you achieve more and accelerate your social impact. You can pick from any of these offers and prioritise them based on your current needs.
1) Empower a productive team.
Microsoft 365 Business Premium is designed for small to mid-size organisations to help your team stay productive and secure. It brings together best-in-class productivity tools while simplifying device management and security. It already includes desktop apps of the familiar Microsoft Office suite, including Teams, Exchange, OneDrive, and SharePoint.
As a qualified NFP, you can get up to 10 users free on Microsoft 365 Business Premium, with a discounted fee* for succeeding users between 11 to 300. We can then help you plan the best Microsoft 365 migration approach based on your not-for-profit’s current needs.
Microsoft 365 Copilot is available at 15% discount* for not-for-profits. With this AI chat assistant, your teams can get answers faster, boost creativity, and get data-driven insights. We can assist with your Copilot adoption for use case development, solution deployment, infrastructure readiness, solution planning, or training and support.
2) Measure your impact.
Microsoft Power BI enables your not-for-profit to visualise and analyse your data, allowing you to simplify reporting and measure your impact, which are critical to your organisation’s success.
Power BI Desktop is already available for free, and you can use it to connect your various data sources, build visualisations, publish to the Power BI service, and embed it on your website. If you need more advanced features, such as real-time views, data collaboration, content distribution, and more, you need Power BI Pro (which is available for not-for-profits at a discounted rate*).
3) Optimise your operations by moving to the cloud.
Moving your IT infrastructure to the cloud with Microsoft Azure can help your not-for-profit to optimise its costs while increasing agility and securely protecting your workloads across a hybrid environment.
Qualified not-for-profits can get $2,000 (USD) Azure credit* from Microsoft, giving you access to various services that you can renew annually. If you haven’t migrated to Azure yet, we can help you assess your readiness with our complimentary 1-day Cloud Readiness Assessment.
Already using Azure?
There is more to Azure than just moving your virtual machines or backing up your data. With Azure, you can secure your hybrid environment, virtualise your desktops, modernise your apps, improve reporting and analytics, and more. Check out this page to learn more about Azure and our consulting services.
4) Modernise your processes.
Microsoft Power Apps enables you to create your own custom apps that support your not-for-profit’s processes. Microsoft offers Power Apps for free for up to 10 users and at a discounted rate* for additional users per month.
5) Manage donors and volunteers.
Qualified not-for-profits can purchase the following Microsoft business applications at a discounted rate*:
- Dynamics 365 Business Central: it is a comprehensive business management solution used by countless small to mid-sized not-for-profits to manage finances, grants, and donations; streamline operations; and track inventory and resources. Not yet using Business Central? We offer a free assessment to help you determine if it meets your business needs and objectives.
- Dynamics 365 Sales Enterprise: it is a customer relationship management (CRM) system that helps your not-for-profit to attract, retain, and grow your donor base with connected data, built-in engagement and communication tools, holistic constituent profiles, and seamless reporting and reconciliation.
How to become eligible for these offers?
Your not-for-profit must meet and adhere to the below criteria:
- Your organisation holds a recognised not-for-profit status.
- You operate on a not-for-profit basis.
- You will only use the license for your organisation and staff.
Read Microsoft’s complete eligibility criteria here.
How to apply?
Register for Microsoft’s not-for-profit offers in four easy steps:
Step 1: Register here and provide the required documents.
Step 2: Microsoft will verify your organisation’s eligibility and may contact you for further information.
Step 3: You should receive your eligibility notice from Microsoft within ten (10) business days.
Step 4: You will receive an email with a link to the Microsoft Nonprofit Hub so you can take advantage of its grants and discounts.
Get modern!
Modernising your processes and tools will breed better services, deeper insights, faster response times, and a more secure IT environment for your not-for-profit. Using Microsoft's and Professional Advantage's not-for-profit offers, achieving a modern not-for-profit is easier and more economical than you think.
Contact us at 1800 126 499 or email us at enquiries@pa.com.au to get started.
*Please check with Professional Advantage for the latest prices and offers.
