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Non-Profit Accounting Software

for Grant and Contract Recipients
GMS Accounting


The GMS Accounting and Financial Management/Reporting System is not a traditional commercial accounting or government fund accounting package adapted for non-profit use. Our software is designed, from the ground up, to meet the highly specialized requirements of non-profit and public organizations accounting for contracts and grants or by program activity.
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GMS - Specifications

If you are upgrading or purchasing the GMS Accounting and Financial Management System or GMS-RLSS, you need to make sure your current computers have all of the right specifications or determine if new hardware needs to be purchased.
Minimum Hardware Requirements:
  • Windows XP or higher
  • Pentium IV Processor or higher
  • 4 GB of memory or higher
  • Dedicated Windows Server (unless installing on one stand alone computer only)
  • Compatible with either 32 or 64 bit operating systems
Minimum Software Requirements:
  • Microsoft Access version 2007 or higher
  • SQL Server 2008 or higher
  • The latest service packs for applicable Windows operating system
  • The latest service packs for Microsoft Access and SQL Server
  • Microsoft Excel 2007 or higher
  • Microsoft .NET framework 3.5 SP1 or higher



In order for GMS to work on a cloud based virtual server:


  • The virtual server must be able to run Windows based applications.
  • Whether it is an arrangement with a dedicated server hosting provider, where a physical piece of hardware is being rented, or a Virtual Private Server where the hardware is being shared with other operating systems, the server must have dedicated RAM allocations and dedicated hard drive allocations.
  • The GMS software requires specific dll and ocx files to be resident on the server, including a server in a cloud environment. You must also assure that printing to a local printer is possible from a virtual server.
  • You must be able to set up odbc driver to SQL server.