[hackerspaces] Fundraising for FLOSS non-profit accounting software
Pete Prodoehl
raster at gmail.com
Thu May 2 17:32:32 CEST 2013
We've got software we use for billing our members, as we as keeping
track of rentable storage space.
https://code.google.com/u/jason.gessner/p/mkemakerspace-tools/
Right now I think Milwaukee Makerspace is the only one using it, though
I believe jason g. (lead developer) has talked with some people at
Pumping Station: One and Workshop 88 about it.
Pete
On 5/2/13 10:07 AM, Edward L Platt wrote:
> We used to use GNUCash at i3 Detroit, but wound up switching to the
> proprietary software that shall not be named.
>
> The major limitations of GNUCash were:
> * Not a web app - prevented dividing tasks among multiple pepole
> (receipt/payment entry, reconciliation, billing, etc.).
> * No way to track vendors/customers. We wound up creating a
> sub-account for each member, which was really unwieldy, especially
> since GNUCash didn't alphabetize them, and wouldn't total them in our
> reports.
> * Clunky interface.
> * Learning curve too steep for volunteers.
>
> Also here's a feature request that I've never been able to find in
> *any* accounting software:
> * See the statement date for which each transaction was reconciled.
>
> If anyone starts an open source bookkeeping web app, I'd love to get
> on the dev list.
>
> -Ed
>
>
> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Doug Philips <doug at hackpittsburgh.org
> <mailto:doug at hackpittsburgh.org>> wrote:
>
> I wonder if they have looked at ledger
> (http://www.ledger-cli.org/). They're on the cusp of releasing v3,
> but that'll be soon enough.
> -=Doug
>
>
>
> On 5/2/13 9:20 AM, Tim Butram wrote:
>
> 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 <mailto:ramgarden at gmail.com>
> <mailto:ramgarden at gmail.com <mailto: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 <mailto:danny at spesh.com>
> <mailto:danny at spesh.com <mailto: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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