Hi Joar This short answer to your question is that Ofbiz does not cater for Non-profit organizations Out-of-the-box. Its genesis is the trading for gain organisation with a huge emphasis on eCommerce. Having said that and from a framework point of view, Ofbiz has the basics in place to deal with your required functionalisties. Lets's have a check-list look at your requirements to see how Ofbiz measures up:
1. GeneratingReports (Yes - Ofbiz can generate the traditional accouting reports - BSheet, IStatement, CFlowStatement etc plus like any good application Ofbiz allows you to create custom reports.) 2.Collaborating (Yes - check out the Project Management and SFA applications) 3.Fund Accounting (Not out of the box - but if your emphasis is accounatbility and deliverables that the Requirements App might be able to cater for this) 4. Double-entry Accounting (Yes) 5. TrackingIncomeType (Yes) 6. TrackingDocumentation (Not like a traditional EDMS - but there are possibilities) 7. Handling expense reports and reimbursement requests (Yes) 8. ?Handling contractors and contracts (Yes) 9. Handling multiple currencies (Yes) 10. Draft transactions and approval (Yes) 11. Workflow for Non-Profit Accounting (Not OOTB) 12. Chart of Accounts (Yes) >From a capability point of view - The framework, being highly customizable and extensible plus the OOTB functionalities can definately handle your requirements; >From a caveat point of view - A not for profit implemention is a specialized rather than a generic requirement and as such will demand some cutomisation. It is highly possible but will require some investment in time and money. Regards Gavin On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Joar Wandborg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, I'm working for Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. on their > Non-Profit Accounting Software project[1]. > > I am currently assessing existing open-source projects[2] for their > fitness as financial software for non-profit organizations according to > the use cases[3] contributed by conservancy, others. > > I would greatly appreciate help to assess OFBiz. If you have knowledge > about the capabilites and caveats of OFBiz, please take a look at the > use cases and add your assessment to the OFBiz wiki page[4] in the format: > > > ## [[UseCases/<pagename, e.g. GeneratingReports>]] evaluation > > > > - Supports Chart of Accounts > > - Does not support Fund Report > > - [...] > > alternatively, reply to me on this email with your assessment. Be sure > to include my email address as Cc: or To:. > > Thank you, > Joar > > [1]: http://sfconservancy.org/campaign/ > [2]: http://npoacct.sfconservancy.org/ExistingProjects/ > [3]: http://npoacct.sfconservancy.org/UseCases/ > [4]: http://npoacct.sfconservancy.org/ExistingProjects/ApacheOFBiz/ > > >
