Most not-for-profits should be using accounting software, preferably one the supports fund accounting. Programs like QuickBooks can be tricked into doing something like fund accounting.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Stahl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 2:57 PM > To: TechRocks Support > Subject: [support] Re: Is ebase appropriate for use as a database > forfoundations > > > There is specialized foundation grant-tracking software. One such > product is MicroEdge Gifts for Windows. (http://www.microedge.com) The > folk at the Brainerd Foundation here in Seattle have used it for several > years and could tell you whether or not they're happy with it. > (http://www.brainerd.org). > > I'd also enquire among foundations of similar size and style to your to > find out what they use. > > best, > jon > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Jon Stahl, Program Manager > ONE/Northwest: Online Networking for the Environment > > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: 206.286.1235x15 w: http://www.onenw.org > > Subscribe to ONEList, a free monthly email newsletter about using > technology to inform and involve people in protecting the environment! > http://www.onenw.org/onelist > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Shaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:47 AM > To: TechRocks Support > Subject: [support] Re: Is ebase appropriate for use as a database > forfoundations > > > Dear all, > > I'm brand new to ebase. We do not have any members. Primarily we apply > for support from foundations (and get rejected). Will ebase help me > manage my foundation database? > > > It will help, but that's not what it was primarily designed for. You > might find some of the functions clumsy. For example, payments in your > case would be larger and relatively infrequent compared to individual > contributions. Payments in ebase are coded as Dues and Contributions, > but grants are usually tied to a particular program. The relationship > between funder and grantee usually proceeds in a different manner than > donor or member and an organization. > > > That said, note that Clif Graves of Tech Rocks has created a Grants > module that plugs into the standard ebase structure and is organized to > handle grants better. It takes a bit of customization to your copy of > ebase, but i think it works pretty well. > > > If you decide to use ebase to manage grants, we can find out if Clif's > work is still available. > > > -- > -- > Dave Shaw H4 Consulting > tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338 > ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list > account preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the > email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------ > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and > enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase > support list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
