Friday, July 30, 2010

Making a difference for our nonprofit & public sector clients

Custom Reports for Nonprofit Software — Nonprofit Services — Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina

Below is a summary of our programming services. Please contact us at 888-366-7527 for any in-depth descriptions.

Crystal Reports Writing Services for Nonprofit Software:

Our nonprofit financial software products boast robust reporting tools designed to alleviate fund accounting headaches. Even so, your organization may occasionally require a custom report that is not standard "out-of-the-box" reporting. This is where our programming service expertise can help.

Our custom report-writing staff are Crystal Reports experts, and can pull data directly from the data source to create unique custom reports specifically for your nonprofit organization's needs.

Our custom report writing capabilities include non-profit software – The Financial Edge, The Raiser's Edge, Education Edge, Sage MIP Fund Accounting, Sage Fundraising 50 and Serenic Navigator using Crystal Reports, Excel, etc. as the reporting interface.

Best of all, your custom reports can be accessed easily, and in real time. Just one click of a button and your custom report updates automatically.

Examples of custom reports: Donor Statements, Endowment Statements, Request Forms, Financial Statements.

Customize Software:

The Financial Edge / The Raiser's Edge Software


Custom Plug-ins:

  • Do NOT require the API Module
  • Tailored to the clients needs within any of the FE/RE modules
  • Can interface with other systems
  • Examples:
    • Custom imports/updates from other systems (either via files or direct database access)
    • Custom export process for financial uploads (e.g. retirement processing, bank files, etc.)
    • Custom reports/forms/statements (discussed more below)

VBA/API:

  • API interfaces to other databases/products
  • Standalone applications interacting with FE/RE
  • VBA macros or processing rules within FE/RE
  • Require VBA and/or API modules depending on the specific scenario


Sage MIP Fund Accounting Software

  • Custom imports/updates from other systems (either via files or direct database access)
  • Custom export process for financial uploads (e.g. retirement processing, bank files, etc.)
  • Custom reports/forms/statements


Serenic Navigator Software

  • Custom interfaces with other database/systems
  • Customization of forms/reports/imports/exports within the system
  • Portals


Existing Products:

GIFTLink: Financial Edge Plug-In

Interface for GIFTS for Windows (MicroEdge product — http://www.microedge.com/products/gifts/)

  • Processes vendors/payments from the GIFTS program into FE Accounts Payable module
  • Allows for updates/confirmations of those payments to go back to GIFTS
  • Prevalent in Community Foundations (as I think GIFTS is for grants management)

EDGE-ULink: Financial Edge Plug-In

Interface for higher education administration software e.g. SONISWEB

  • Processes academic transactions (e.g. scholarship awards, fees, tuition, etc.) from administration system into FE General Ledger
  • Targeted for smaller to mid-size institutions for higher education.

NFPRate: Piecerate Payroll

Standalone application to handle piecerate payroll operations

  • Handles employees, timesheets, contracts, etc.
  • Data can be exported for import into GL packages (e.g Financial Edge)
  • Use at disability boards, "workshop" enterprises, etc.
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