November 4, 2014
Nearing her first-year anniversary with First Nonprofit Group, Joanna Hornbeck has thrived helping nonprofits find cost-efficient ways to handle their unemployment obligations and save money on what can be an often disregarded and expensive financial obligation. As a sales and marketing assistant, she supports getting get the word out about the unemployment savings and insurance programs offered by First Nonprofit. Joanna is also acutely involved with the financial side of business development while gaining skills in her first full-time job since graduating from Denison University in Granville, Ohio.
“I really like it,” Joanna said. “I think it’s a wonderful first job to have and everyone has been very welcoming. So far working here has been a really great experience.”
With involvement in nonprofits throughout her college career – including three different summer internships – Joanna gained valuable experience serving different charitable organizations and other groups similar to those First Nonprofit Group serves. Since, she has rapidly absorbed new skills and knowledge and extended her capabilities in her first year at the company.
“Working for a great company where you’re helping so many nonprofits is definitely enormously gratifying,” she said.
A typical day for Joanna involves a variety of diverse tasks. She has expanded her financial expertise and now creates quotes for prospective clients as well as assists with her new expertise in underwriting efforts. She has become an integral member of the marketing team by assembling marketing materials, organizing sales campaigns and coordinating advertising for webinars and in-person conferences. Her position gives Joanna a little taste of First Nonprofit Group’s ‘s entire business development effort. As she gains more varied business experience the interesting variety of her current responsibilities will necessarily expand.
Outside the office
Hailing from Bethesda, Maryland, right outside of Washington, D.C., Joanna attended Denison University and wanted a significant change of pace as she launched her professional career. Living in Chicago has been great as she’s maintained her interest in soccer by playing in local leagues, and simultaneously meeting new friends. Joanna also volunteers occasionally at animal shelters in the city and, while she doesn’t have any pets, her roommate has a black lab named Ned that she loves. An annual highlight for Joanna is the vacation with her extended family in Beulah, a small town in northern Michigan located just north of Traverse City.
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Visually Impaired Preschool Services has been a client of First Non-Profit since it was first offered as a benefit of VisionServe Alliance. We completed a thorough evaluation of cash savings to our agency before taking advantage of this wonderful benefit and it has been a very wise decision. Our experience with the processes from accounting to claims have been professional, expeditious and easy.
The Ensight Skills Center has enjoyed working with First Nonprofit for several years. We are enrolled in their Unemployment Savings Program and although we have not required a lot of intervention, there have been a few times. I know others have dealt with the same problem of unemployment fraud over the last year and in our case, a call to First Nonprofit (they actually answer their phones) cleared up the issue. They also sent us a letter to send to all our employees telling them what they needed to do to prevent this in the future and protect themselves. What a relief! Over the years if I have questions or concerns, they are happy to listen, advise and help if they can. Another BIG advantage of using First Nonprofit is that all the money that is paid into the Unemployment Savings Program lives on my balance sheet as an asset. The money continues to be Ensight’s not the governments. First Nonprofit has certainly given me peace of mind.
In addition to their money-saving purpose on behalf of nonprofit organizations like AHS, First Nonprofit’s Nonprofit Unemployment Fund streamlines the information we need to efficiently manage unemployment claims. Our relationship with NU Fund gave us access to such things as advice on planning for what’s ahead and how to analyze cost scenarios when unexpected events occurred. Both experiences were very helpful.
We have had a great experience with FNP. During Covid, when there was the chance that reimbursable nonprofits would have to pay 50% of the unemployment costs, FNP went to bat for us. We would receive weekly information on the Unemployment claim and how they were working to reduce the costs to reimbursable nonprofits. They have a great service also working with [our claims administrator] to make sure all the paperwork is completed correctly for any unemployment claim.
PORT Health Services has had a great experience with the Unemployment Savings Program offered through First Nonprofit. Throughout the years we have been involved in the program, we have increased our reserve account significantly through this program and find the reporting we receive both timely and useful. We look forward to our continued involvement with this program and our connection with First Nonprofit for many years to come.
Job One was spending a lot of money on unemployment. Our insurance broker, Mark Simcosky, recommended that we switch over to First Nonprofit. We did just that! This switch has been a huge savings for us! This switch saved us over $10,000 in the first year. Their customer service is Superior! Any time we have a question, we get a response very quickly. Any time we send them a report and they have a question; they call rather than just assuming. They were very responsive during COVID, even when they were in crisis mode their selves. They also were always there when we needed during COVID and very helpful! We would 1,000% recommend First Nonprofit to anybody that could benefit from it!
My experience with FNP has always been positive. Every time I have had to contact them, I’m always put in contact with a friendly and knowledgeable person. If something is missing from our account, they reach out to us to request it. It’s nice to work with a company that makes sure our account is current. I would recommend them to any nonprofit looking to reduce their unemployment insurance costs.
We’ve saved tens of thousands of dollars PER YEAR by changing to become a reimbursing employer, freeing funds for much needed capital investment. FNP has been a valued partner in this process, providing assurance that we have stopgap coverage for extraordinary claims and keeping claims response painless and simple. It’s a huge Win/Win!