The Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project is a pro bono legal assistance program dedicated to connecting volunteer attorneys with people in need of legal services for civil cases. With a small team and a mission-driven focus, the organization needed efficient systems to minimize administrative work and maximize time spent serving the community. Summer Hawks helps lead the organization as executive director.
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Summer Hawks,
Executive Director
Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project
| Challenge | ADP capability | What we did | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time-intensive new hire onboarding increased administrative burden for a five-employee nonprofit. | RUN Powered by ADP® | Simplified new hire onboarding through RUN Powered by ADP® by making employee document collection and management easier. | Improved the onboarding experience so new employees could be brought on more efficiently with less administrative effort. |
| Rising payroll provider costs strained the limited resources of a five-employee nonprofit. | RUN Powered by ADP® | Replaced Paycor with RUN Powered by ADP® to deliver payroll and HR services at a better value. | Reduced payroll-related costs by moving to a solution described as a great value for the services offered. |
| Payroll and HR administration left a small nonprofit with less time for mission-driven legal work. | RUN Powered by ADP® | Streamlined payroll and onboarding workflows through an intuitive, easy-to-use RUN Powered by ADP® platform. | Reduced time spent on administrative tasks, allowing the team to focus more time on serving people in the community. |
THE PROBLEM
Inefficient onboarding and rising payroll costs
Before switching to ADP, the organization faced time intensive onboarding and rising costs with its previous provider. These inefficiencies cost leaders valuable time they could have spent on their core mission: delivering legal services to the community.
THE CHALLENGE
Finding a cost-effective, easy-to-use solution
Summer needed a payroll and HR system that would simplify onboarding, reduce costs and provide strong support for their people, all while remaining straightforward and intuitive for a small team to use.
How can a small nonprofit reduce payroll and HR administration?
A small nonprofit can reduce payroll and HR administration by using one intuitive system for payroll processing, employee document collection and onboarding. The Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project, a five-employee nonprofit legal assistance organization in Dayton, Ohio, adopted RUN Powered by ADP® after time-intensive onboarding and other administrative work took attention away from its mission. RUN simplified onboarding and made payroll easier to process, and the organization reported spending less time on administrative tasks. For other lean nonprofits, consolidating these workflows can protect limited staff capacity for direct community service.
How does payroll software make employee onboarding easier for nonprofits?
Payroll software can make nonprofit onboarding easier by centralizing the collection and management of employee documents within a straightforward HR and payroll workflow. The Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project, a five-employee pro bono legal nonprofit, used RUN Powered by ADP® to simplify onboarding after its prior process was time-intensive. The source specifically identifies easier document collection and management as a benefit, along with a more efficient experience for bringing on new employees. This approach is particularly useful for small nonprofits where an executive director or lean team handles onboarding alongside mission-critical work.
What payroll features help a five-person organization work more efficiently?
A five-person organization benefits from payroll features that are intuitive, reduce manual administration and provide dependable help when questions arise. The Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project, a five-employee nonprofit legal assistance program, used RUN Powered by ADP® for a user-friendly payroll interface, simpler onboarding document management and payroll and HR support when needed. Those capabilities reduced the effort required from Executive Director Summer Hawks and her team. For similarly small organizations, ease of use and accessible support can matter as much as feature breadth because payroll is often managed alongside many other responsibilities.
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