Tax season can be a daunting time for nonprofit organizations. Between managing tight budgets, juggling employee needs and fulfilling your mission, handling unemployment costs and HR responsibilities can feel overwhelming. That’s where UST comes in. For over 40 years, UST has specialized in helping nonprofits save time and money, allowing you to focus on what matters most—making a difference in your community.
What is UST?
UST is a leading workforce solutions provider dedicated to serving nonprofit organizations. With over 2,200 nonprofits putting their trust in UST, we provide tailored programs and services designed to save money, streamline unemployment claims, and optimize HR operations. By leveraging UST’s expertise, nonprofits gain a strategic advantage that enables them to improve cash flow and reduce administrative burdens.
Whether you are managing state unemployment taxes or handling complex HR needs, UST offers a variety of solutions to simplify tax season and promote long-term financial stability. Here’s how UST can help your nonprofit thrive.
The Benefits of Partnering with UST
1. Unparalleled Savings on Unemployment Costs
One of UST’s standout offerings is the ability to help nonprofits opt out of state unemployment taxes by becoming reimbursing employers. Nonprofits that qualify can shift from paying state taxes to reimbursing actual unemployment costs dollar-for-dollar. This switch has proven to save organizations up to 60% on unemployment expenses in their first two years with UST. The saved funds are then held in a reserve account, creating a financial asset nonprofits can use for future planning.
2. Expert Claims Management
Handling unemployment claims can be a complex and time-consuming process. UST’s expert claims administrators manage the entire process for you—from assisting with investigations to providing hearing representation. Their online tools also allow you to monitor claims, forecast expenses, and ensure compliance with state and federal laws. This ensures your nonprofit is not overpaying or held back by costly errors.
3. Rate Forecasting for Financial Planning
With UST, you gain access to tools designed to help manage cash flow and budget effectively. Our rate forecasting capabilities provide insight into how unemployment tax changes may make an impact on your organization, so you can plan confidently.
4. HR Support Tailored for Nonprofits
Between compliance requirements and employee needs, HR management can be tricky for nonprofits. UST offers comprehensive HR support through a cloud-based platform, giving you access to:
By adding capacity to your HR team, UST allows you to focus on your mission while ensuring your workforce operates efficiently.
5. Award-Winning Outplacement Services
UST also supports nonprofit staff transitions with award-winning outplacement services. This includes career coaching, resume assistance, interview prep, and more. These services are crucial for nonprofits navigating layoffs or helping employees’ transition, all while minimizing unemployment costs.
6. Peace of Mind with Full Coverage
For nonprofits looking for extra protection, UST’s fully insured program, UST Secure, offers first-dollar coverage for unemployment claims. This ensures your organization’s financial stability even during unexpected workforce changes.
How UST Helps During Tax Season
Tax season is the perfect time to assess your organization’s financial efficiency. Here are a few ways UST simplifies the process:
Why Nonprofit Leaders Choose UST
Nonprofit leaders across the country have experienced transformational benefits from working with UST. Here’s what some of them have to say:
“UST provides so much more than an improved process for handling UI costs. Their scope of services not only saves money but makes the process so much more manageable, especially from an HR perspective. UST truly understands nonprofits!” — Pathways PA, Inc.
“We are a relatively small organization without the resources to have a fully staffed administrative team. Utilizing UST and all its services has been a tremendous help!” — Georgia Center for Nonprofits
By delivering customized solutions, UST enhances operational efficiency and creates meaningful financial impact for hundreds of nonprofits every year.
Get Started with UST Today
Simplify tax season and protect your nonprofit’s financial health with UST’s expert support. Whether you’re ready to become a reimbursing employer or simply want to enhance your HR capabilities, UST has a program to meet your needs.
Next steps:
Fill out our Free Savings Analysis Form to see how much your nonprofit could save (it only takes a few minutes!). Tax season does not have to be complicated. Partner with UST to save money, reduce risk, and increase your operational efficiency.
Empower your nonprofit to do more with UST. Because every nonprofit deserves a trusted partner.
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UST maintains a secure site. This means that information we obtain from you in the process of enrolling is protected and cannot be viewed by others. Information about your agency is provided to our various service providers once you enroll in UST for the purpose of providing you with the best possible service. Your information will never be sold or rented to other entities that are not affiliated with UST. Agencies that are actively enrolled in UST are listed for review by other agencies, UST’s sponsors and potential participants, but no information specific to your agency can be reviewed by anyone not affiliated with UST and not otherwise engaged in providing services to you except as required by law or valid legal process.
Your use of this site and the provision of basic information constitute your consent for UST to use the information supplied.
UST may collect generic information about overall website traffic, and use other analytical information and tools to help us improve our website and provide the best possible information and service. As you browse UST’s website, cookies may also be placed on your computer so that we can better understand what information our visitors are most interested in, and to help direct you to other relevant information. These cookies do not collect personal information such as your name, email, postal address or phone number. To opt out of some of these cookies, click here. If you are a Twitter user, and prefer not to have Twitter ad content tailored to you, learn more here.
Further, our website may contain links to other sites. Anytime you connect to another website, their respective privacy policy will apply and UST is not responsible for the privacy practices of others.
This Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use for our site is subject to change.
