At the end of last year, I was introduced to a new organization, the Non-Profit Purchasing Group (NPPG), which launched this month. Under the direction of Dan Engel, who has a background in the nonprofit sector, NPPG is providing just what its name implies: group purchasing power for nonprofit organizations, in order to cut down on on-going operating costs and make it easier for nonprofits to invest their resources in their missions.

Their current list of vendors includes some companies we know the NTEN community already uses, including Survey Monkey, Constant Contact, GoToMeeting, and GrantStation. We decided to offer NTEN membership to NPPG members, as well.

We welcome NPPG into the sector and hope it helps a lot of nonprofits' 2010 budgets!