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FundWare is a fund accounting software product designed specifically for nonprofit organizations and government agencies. In existence since 1976, FundWare continues to shine under its new owner, Kintera, Inc., who acquired American FundWare, Inc. (the providers of FundWare Accounting software) from Intuit. One of Kintera's first acts upon acquiring FundWare was to integrate it with Kintera Sphere, which is an enterprise-level software system that provides "software as a service" to a variety of clients, bringing its functionality to a new level.
In College Station, Texas, the Texas A&M Foundation (http://giving.tamu.edu) works at major gift fundraising and asset management for Texas A&M University. The foundation currently has close to $750 million in net assets and uses FundWare to manage approximately 5,000 separateaccounts with both endowed and temporarily restricted funds, such as scholarships, chairs, professorships, dean's discretionary accounts, etc.
Linda J. Jackman, the foundation's assistant con-' troller, says "FundWare's allocation management was the only one that would handle some very complicated processes when we selected it in 1994." She appreciates the company's responsiveness to continue to improve the product and listen to clients. Jackman says the most beneficial aspects of the program include the "power of the Advanced Report module and the Allocation Management." She advises new and prospective users to carefully plan the GL account structure, use attributes as needed and learn the reporting capabilities. She also recommends that new users "take advantage of the company's professional services or a reputable VAR, attending the FundWare...