"So much talent, so much wasted time..." In the late 1990s, Raja S. Lamba made this statement about good, hard working, talented people in the non-profit sector. At the time, Raja's primary focus was dealing with corporate clients, and improving their efficiency to increase their bottom line. But how did these solutions contribute to a better world? Were the needs of non-profits less important? Was the money not available? Was the need not there? In fact, none of this was true. The thing missing was a developer willing to invest their time into listening to the needs of these inspiring non-profit workers, and developing software so that non-profit workers could spend more time helping clients, and less time manually counting numbers for stats.

Dignity Computer Solutions took up the challenge, and created the Customized Agency Networked Family Information Tracker (CANFIT)

In 2002, CANFIT was recognized by the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family for exceptional data collection, reporting, and data roll up to a provincial wide study on Home Visitation.  One of the things that CRILF found was that the quailty of data in reports was directly related to the buy-in from staff, and that staff who used CANFIT gave better results than those using other databases.

When Raja was diagnosed with cancer in 2003, it strengthened his resolve to make CANFIT into a web based database years ahead of it's time.  Much of the core of CANFIT was developed while Raja was undergoing chemo and radiation treatment, and much of that core is still in use today.

As CANFIT became more popular, and brainstorming sessions more frequent, CANFIT became more than just a home visitation database.  It evolved into a product which included survey management, attendance tracking, volunteer tracking, workshop management, and reminder management.  Supervisors started to realize that the daily / weekly quality control reports not only helped with statistical reports, but also with client service delivery.  As it grew, so did the CANFIT development / support team, and started to include modules for Administration and Project Management.

As agencies started to realize that CANFIT was not just a case management tool, it started to grow into a product which would also included tax receipt generation, invoice / accounting integration, and community relations.  The community relations module also grew to include mail / e-mail distribution, credit card enabled donation web pages, credit card enabled event registration pages, and automated barcoded e-tickets.

In 2019, we're proud to say that CANFIT is the all in one solution which replaces packages like HOMES, ETO, Survey Monkey, Event-Brite, Mail Chimp, Gift Works, and Donation Perfect.  We pride ourselves in providing regular communication with our clients at a fixed monthly price.  Why are we so confident that CANFIT is the best product?  Because CANFIT is designed by you, and your suggestions make CANFIT the ideal data management tool.

In 2020, Dignity Computer Solutions is planning to release CANFIT Lite which will be a more afforadable version of CANFIT with all of the features that have been developed over the years.  The regular customization is still encouraged, but offered at an additional cost.  For more details, click on the "Our Offer" menu item above. 

Where are we in our story?  At the beginning.  We are now moving from being the Internet's best kept secret to being the Internet's best reviewed product.  A new generation of CANFIT developers and support staff are being trained to handle our popularity.. stay tuned...