NPO Accounting Software Project
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[Software Freedom Conservancy](https://sfconservancy.org/) is leading an
[effort to create accounting software for non-profit organizations](https://sfconservancy.org/npoacct/).

Current Status
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We're currently planning a Reimbursement and Payment Request system.  We
believe this is a relatively standalone component that other organizations
could start using quickly.  Check out the
[[requirements document|Reimbursements/Requirements]] and let us know if
you think anything's missing.  Software development will begin soon.

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Contributing to the Project
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Conservancy welcomes the help of anyone who is interested in this issue to
design and develop this software.  You can help us by:

  * Editing this Wiki!
  * Joining the discussion on [the mailing list for this project](https://lists.sfconservancy.org/mailman/listinfo/npo-accounting)
  * Joining the discussion on
    [the IRC channel, #npoacct on irc.freenode.net](irc:irc.freenode.net/npoacct) ([logs](/irclogs/)).
  * Submit patches and merge requests to [npo-accounting Ledger CLI tutorial](https://gitorious.org/ledger/npo-ledger-cli/).
  * [Donating money to fund this effort!](https://sfconservancy.org/campaign/)

Work So Far
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Conservancy has done the following:

- [Writing a tutorial on a Ledger-CLI setup for fiscal sponsor 501(c)3 organizations](https://gitorious.org/ledger/npo-ledger-cli/).
- [[Finding and evaluating existing Free Software accounting systems|ExistingProjects]].
- [[Writing use cases for non-profit accounting|UseCases]].

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