Non-profit Accounting Software Recommendations

November 24, 2018 10:37 AM

I work for a non-profit with an annual op budget under $1million and we hate our accounting software with the fire of a thousand burning suns (Sage 50). For assorted reasons, we don't want Quickbooks. I'm looking for recommendations for accounting software that meets just a couple of needs (after the jump):

1) Non-profit focused accounting, but we can use something else if it works well (Sage 50 isn't a non-profit focused solution, but that's not why we hate it. We hate it for a portfolio of other reasons).
2) Ideally is cloud-based solution, as all the people who work in it aren't all in the same place.

Again, Quickbooks is off the table, and we want to get away from Sage. What do you recommend for a non-profit?

posted by macadamiaranch to Work & Money (3 answers total)

it's going to be hard to recommend something without knowing what any of these many dealbreakers are that you've found in these two packages which account for the vast majority of the market.
posted by rhizome at 11:12 AM on November 24, 2018 [7 favorites]

Have you had a look at Xero? They offer discounted pricing for non profits.
posted by seebee at 12:12 PM on November 24, 2018

There is also MYOB. I did the books for a small non-profit for many years and that's what they use. I also use it in my business. They have Mac, Windows and cloud based versions.

I don't actually like it all that much, but it's rare to hear good things about accounting software in my experience. They seem to all suck in some way or another. My main gripe with MYOB is that their Mac client has had a couple of egregious bugs for years that they never seem to fix and their business model appears primarily focused on leading you into paying large sums for very minor upgrades every year. Neither of these are applicable to cloud based versions.
posted by mewsic at 6:53 PM on November 24, 2018