Category: Alerts

  January 29, 2023   Dear Members of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers:   Today we speak up in support of the rule set by Congress for calculating nonprofit preferred postage rates. Background – USPS misdirection During its Annual Compliance Review, the Postal Regulatory Commission asks the Postal Service about what it will do to…

November 14, 2023 The Postal Service reported that the agency lost $6.5 billion in FY 2023 which ended September 30. This contrasts with the promise to break even in the Delivering for America Plan. It also exceeds the annual planned loss of $4.5 billion published a year ago. USPS announced and the Governors approved a…

May 24, 2023 Alliance Members: The U.S. Postal Service just released its financial report for April and seven months of fiscal year 2023. In short, it’s getting worse…much worse. You’ve got to hand it to management to convince the Governors to approve another rate hike in July when they are driving mail away with record…

  April 10, 2023   Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Members and Sponsors:   The Postal Service Governors approved the use of virtually the full rate authority which the USPS just filed at the PRC. This includes a 66-cent single-piece First-Class letter (stamp) rate.   The filing is here: https://www.prc.gov/docs/124/124885/R2023-2%20USPS%20Notice%20M-D%20Price%20Chg.pdf   The press release is here:…

  March 8, 2023   Dear Alliance Members and Sponsors:   We want to bring to your attention the front-page article in the March edition of The NonProfit Times, “Nonprofit Mailers Beat Rising Costs.” It features interviews with two of the leaders in nonprofit fundraising and mailing, who serve on the Board of Directors of…

February 16, 2023   Dear Members and Sponsors of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers:   We previously have reported that the Alliance suggested that the Postal Regulatory Commission require that the USPS report on service performance for nonprofit mail separately from commercial mail, for both Marketing and Periodicals Mail. The PRC agreed with this suggestion…

  February 16, 2023   Dear Members and Sponsors of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers:   As we get closer to the expected and promised July postage rate increases, likely details are becoming more clear. One important variable yet to be decided is whether USPS will get its wish to add 0.936% for the density…

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  June 3, 2022 Dear Members and Sponsors of the Alliance: Today, we filed a request that the Postal Regulatory Commission direct the U.S. Postal Service to report delivery service performance for Nonprofit Marketing Mail separately from commercial mail. Within Nonprofit Marketing Mail, we asked that regular mail be reported separately from political and election…

  March 14, 2022 New Law Takes 0.286% Off July Rate Hikes USPS today filed a letter at the Postal Regulatory Commission saying that the retirement rate authority should go from 1.0714% to 0.785% with the passage of legislation. So, the Postal Reform Act of 2022 will save mailers 0.286% of the upcoming postage rate…