[hackerspaces] Fundraising for FLOSS non-profit accounting software

[Tim Butram]

I don't think that GNUCash has all of the required features that they need.
>From their list I don't think that GNUCash can do:


   - Tracking and reporting of non-profit income types (related business
   income, unrelated business taxable income, donations, etc.)
   - Basic annual audit preparation reporting
   - Ability to easily handle all these features on a project-by-project
   subset of the accounts, and to easily export and excise that subset from
   the system. (i.e., support for temporarily restricted assets, earmarked for
   fiscal-sponsored projects)

Unless these are just features are unknown to me. Either way, they were not
ruling out contributing to some project, so it could end up being that
GNUCash gets some more features.

Tim Butram


On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'll donate some of my free time to work on this software!  I have had to
> help with issues with proprietary software such as Exceed! Basic.
> Is Conservancy trying to do the same thing as GNUCash?
>
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com> wrote:
>
>> I thought this might be something that many here would see as a
>> worthwhile project to donate money toward:
>>
>> http://sfconservancy.org/campaign/
>>
>>     Conservancy has a plan to help all non-profit organizations (NPOs)
>>     by creating an Open Source and Free Software accounting system
>>     usable by non-technical bookkeepers, accountants, and non-profit
>>     managers. You can help us do it by donating now.
>>
>>     To keep their books and produce annual government filings, most NPOs
>>     rely on proprietary software, paying exorbitant licensing fees. This
>>     is fundamentally at cross purposes with their underlying missions of
>>     charity, equality, democracy, and sharing.
>>
>>     You can help Conservancy fix this problem by donating now. We seek
>>     to raise $75,000 to employ a developer for one year to make
>>     substantial progress on this project.
>>
>> Note that this first year will concentrate on US non-profit
>> requirements, "Conservancy seeks to lead an international effort, and
>> welcomes contributions and input from everyone in the non-profit
>> community from around the world. Conservancy has created a mailing list
>> for discussion of this project and encourages interested parties from
>> around the world to join the mailing list and contribute to the
>> project!"
>>
>> http://lists.sfconservancy.org/mailman/listinfo/npo-accounting
>>
>> Donation sidebar is on the main page:
>> http://sfconservancy.org/campaign/
>>
>> d.
>>
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