How our clients are using OpenCommunity, in their own words.
Featured series
With grants under pressure across BC and Canada, these guides cover the revenue, reporting, and staff time your organization controls directly.
With nonprofit funding cuts across BC, membership and drop-in fees matter more. Here is how to find lapsed renewals and unrecorded fees, and collect them kindly.
7 min read
When nonprofit funding is cut, funders keep the organizations they understand best. Here is what to put in grant reports, including details funders rarely ask for.
7 min read
Families who love your centre often want a way to show it. A small, well-designed merchandise shop gives them one, and adds earned revenue grants cannot take away.
7 min read
Smaller budgets often mean fewer staff hours for the same programs. Here is how to find the admin work you do twice, and give that time back to the people you serve.
6 min read
Practical articles to help community-oriented organizations such as neighbourhood houses and family resource centres to make technology work for them, and learn how OpenCommunity helps, from setup and programs to attendance and reporting.
Topic
How one family centre took donations, merchandise sales, and raffle money at an outdoor event on a tablet, and issued tax receipts before people walked away.
7 min read
See who is coming before a session starts. How online booking and series passes help you spot full programs early and avoid turning people away.
7 min read
Free and low-cost survey tools are easy to start. The real cost shows up when you try to connect the answers to your members, programs, and donors.
6 min read
Mass email tools often cost $10 to $50 a month, plus the time spent keeping a second contact list in sync. Here is how to review that spending.
6 min read
Free donation platforms can still stack a platform fee on top of card processing fees. Here is how to add up what each donation really costs you.
7 min read
Free forms are genuinely useful for a one-time event. For an organization with returning members, the free part is where the resemblance to a free puppy starts.
7 min read
What a community centre needs before issuing an official donation receipt in Canada: who can issue, what qualifies as a gift, and what goes on it.
11 min read
Ready to simplify your centre's admin?
OpenCommunity helps neighbourhood houses and family centres manage sign-in, programs, and attendance in one place.
