AGENCY is founded with a strong belief that Free and Open Source PHP database software can bring many benefits to non-profit organizations, and with the aim of becoming a collectively-maintained and developed project that will empower organizations to operate more efficiently, make better use of their own data, and to lower their costs as well.

It is a fork and continuation of CHASERS, AGENCY aims to become a collectively-maintained and developed project that puts organizations in charge of their data systems.

Features of AGENCY:
- Web-based interface, simple to use
- Uses robust Postgres open-source database
- Pulls together everything you know about a person on one page
- Simple Quick Search, plus advanced search options
- Revision history tracks the complete set of changes to your data
- Easy to track new kinds of information
- Flexible permissions and access control
- Create and run reports
- Alert system notifies you upon selected events
- Current “flavors” include:
- “client” database for social service organizations
- “donor” database for organizations doing fundraising

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