FIMS Module Overview

FIMS (Foundation Information Management System) is modular, but there also is a high degree of interaction, so each added module tends to amplify the usefulness of the others. Two modules are prerequisites for virtually any configuration:

• Profiles (Name and Address file, Communications, Ad Hoc inquiries relating to people or organizations)
  This module is necessary for maintaining Donor and/or Grantee identification records.
  
  
• Funds (Fund or Project identification, Ad Hoc inquiries relating to funding source or project)
  This module is required to identify the destination of donations and origin of grants.

Beyond these two core components, modules can be combined as desired. For example, FACTS (Fund and Account Tracking System) can be used independently to allocate returns from pooled investments, but its real power is realized in synergy with General Ledger.

A basic communications and fundraising system includes three modules: Profile, Gift, and Fund modules. You could add one or more of the financial management modules, such as Accounts Payable, General Ledger, FACTS (pooled investment allocation), Pledge, and Donor Relations Management. A basic grant management system includes the Profile, Grant, and Fund modules, and can be augmented by Accounts Payable (which doubles as Grants Payable), General Ledger, and Scholarships.

DonorCentral and the Internet Grant Application Module (IGAM), part of NPO's Internet solutions, provide an online component for the development and grant management systems. Additional information about DonorCentral and IGAM is available in our Internet services area.

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• Profile Management
• Donor and Gift Management
• Pledge Management
• Stock Gift Module
• Grantee and Grant Management
• Scholarship Management
• Fund Management
• Accounts Payable
• General Ledger
• Fund and Account Tracking System/Reconciliation and Entry Module
• Donor Relations Module
• FieldMaker