Nonprofit Postal Rates Going up (again)!

On May 3, the USPS filed a rate increase request with the Postal Rate Commission. According to the DMA's Nonprofit Federation, the average nonprofit rate will increase by 9.5% if these rates are accepted and instituted in about a year. That's on top of the 3% increase that took place this past January!

The full rate case is available on the Postal Rate Commission's web site, www.prc.gov. It's an awful site. I can't find a direct link to the rates. You have to click on 'contents' in the top navigation bar, then 'docketed cases and matters' (huh?) in the left navigation, then 'rate' under that, and finally 'R2006-1' in the menu in the body of the page. Maybe they could take some of the $4 Billion they hope to raise with this increase and make their web site a little more usable.

It's a good time to use email to start increasing response to postal mail, or for outright fundraising and dropping a few segments out of your postal mail schedule altogether.

Rick...