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For community centres & government organizations

Your community,
without the paperwork

OpenCommunity helps you track program memberships, attendance, scheduling, payment tracking, and more — a purpose-built platform for community hubs, nonprofits, and publicly funded organizations.

Community members taking part in programs and services at a neighbourhood centre
The Mount Pleasant Family Centre building
Customer Story

Vancouver, BC

See How Mount Pleasant Family Centre uses OpenCommunity to put human connection first

Built to empower community organizations

OpenCommunity is a tailor-made platform for community-focused organizations that keeps everything you need to juggle in one place, so you spend less time in front of the screen, and more time focusing on human connection.

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How it works

An easy flow from scheduling to reporting

1

Set up your centre

Add your programs, configure your recurring schedules, and invite your team. Our team helps you get set up.

2

Session Sign-Ins

Let participants sign in within seconds via phone number on a tablet, or with a staff member.

3

Easy reporting

Pull your reports. Attendance, unique participants, and program totals are ready whenever a funder, board, or your own team asks.

Julian Ertelt and Andrey Safonov, co-founders of OpenCommunity, at a Vancouver community street market

What OpenCommunity means to us

OpenCommunity is our take at bringing purpose-built, cutting-edge software and automation to organizations that usually wouldn't get access to such a value proposition at a realistic price point.

We seek to liberate nonprofit organizations from the budget-driven and admin-heavy workarounds that eat into people's time, so staff can keep focusing on the work that actually matters to their communities.

Julian Ertelt

Co-founder

Andrey Safonov

Co-founder

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FAQ

Commonly asked questions

What kinds of organizations is OpenCommunity built for?
Community and family centres, drop-in programs, neighbourhood hubs, and the government and non-profit organizations that fund or run them. If you welcome visitors, run programs, and share information back to your funding partners, OpenCommunity helps.
How does the kiosk sign-in work?
Mount any tablet at reception. Visitors are looked up by phone number (or any sign-in field you choose) and confirm with a personal PIN. Attendance is recorded the moment they sign in — no paper, no manual entry.
Can we run multiple programs at the same time?
Yes. Set up as many recurring drop-ins, groups, and specialist sessions as you need. Schedules generate their own sessions and rosters, and a single visit can be tied to whichever programs apply.
Does OpenCommunity help with grant and funder reporting?
That's the point. Attendance summaries, demographic breakdowns, unique-family counts, and program stats are ready any time, and export in the formats funders and boards ask for.
How is our families' data kept secure?
Every record is access-controlled by role, sign-in is PIN-protected, and data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Staff only see what their role needs.
Where is OpenCommunity's data stored, and is it Canadian?
Data is hosted on Canadian infrastructure to keep your records within Canada and aligned with local privacy expectations.
How does OpenCommunity handle Canadian privacy law?
OpenCommunity is built to align with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and British Columbia's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). Personal information is collected with consent, kept on Canadian infrastructure, encrypted in transit and at rest, and visible only to the staff roles that need it. Your organization stays the owner of its records.
How does it compare to spreadsheets and paper clipboards?
No re-typing, no version conflicts, no lost sheets. Sign-ins, programs, and reporting share one live record — so the number you report is the number that actually happened.
Can multiple centres or locations use one account?
Yes. Run several centres under one organization, each with its own programs, staff, and kiosk, while rolling reporting up across all of them.
Do parents need to download an app?
No. Families sign in at the kiosk and use a secure web portal for visit history, contact details, and announcements — nothing to install.
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