News Conheça a Casa Hacker Espaço hacker sem fins lucrativos na periferia de uma das maiores metrópoles do BrasilCriada na periferia, espaço hacker ocupa um espaço público e comunitário e amplia a inclusão e educação digital nas regiões
News Meet Casa Hacker A non-profit hackerspace in the marginalized outskirts of BrazilOn the outskirts of Campinas city (83km from São Paulo), Casa Hacker occupies a public community space and expands digital inclusion and education in peripheral
News Hello from Open Source Collective's new Executive Director Hey. I’m Ben, the new Executive Director of The Open Source Collective!
Open Source Introducing: Funds for Open Source Helping companies invest in open source projects because we want open source creators to have a good livelihood and work sustainably, which is critical to the health of the whole ecosystem.
Open Source FundOSS: We heard your questions, so we got you answers. This Spring, we’ll be supercharging contributions in our first ever matching campaign! FundOSS is a pilot program of that uses a mathematical distribution of funds to proportionally multiply a single donation. If you want to learn more Read our FundOSS FAQ v1 below!
News Open Collective Foundation Update — March 2021 New Help DocumentationA huge upgrade to our docs has just been published. Need to explain what fiscal hosting is, provide tax info to a funder, or learn how to make the most of
case studies OCF Updates We Love — March 2021 Check out these inspirational updates from some of the initiatives hosted by Open Collective Foundation:Love Wins Food Pantry - Moving together as a community.🌟 Love Wins Food Pantry provides food every Friday
News Open Collective Update—February 2021 New FeaturesInvite to Submit ExpenseYou can now get the ball rolling on expenses for anyone who needs to be paid. Pre-fill whatever info you already have, then invite the payee to fill in
News Supporting an Ethereum ecosystem with the OASIS Baseline Protocol Open Source Collective is excited to be a partner the OASIS Baseline Protocol incentive program. Baseline just received a $100K grant from the Ethereum Foundation to advance their research efforts. We look forward to other collaboratively maintaining this work!
case studies "It's OK to take care of your mental health right now" — ATX Mental Health Fund We spoke with Samantha Meyer about her initiative to destigmatize the discussions and relief around mental health in Austin, Texas-in response to COVID, and beyond.
Open Source The impact of Airbnb's support for open source Airbnb has long appeared on our top open source sponsors leaderboard, but this year they are taking it to the next level. More than just numbers, hearing from maintainers in their own words
Foundation Digital Infrastructure Fund Supporting Global Research to Strengthen Open Source Communities & Tackle InequalityOpen Collective Foundation is excited to support $1.3 million in Digital Infrastructure grants funded by The Ford Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,
News Open Collective - Our January Update Did you know Collectives can....Get contributions in BitcoinAccept donations of public stockEmploy (or contract) their contributorsRegister trademarksHave assets held on their behalf (like hardware)Provide acknowledgement letters for in-kind donations (to claim
News 2020 in Review & 2021 Update Open letter from CEO Pia Mancini to Open Collective's investorsWow, 2020 was one rollercoaster of a year. We are just now catching our breath! What really matters first: we have been humbled by
News OCF Updates We Love—January 2021 From community fridges to scholarships, Open Collective Foundation initiatives are making an impact.The Love Fridges - Chicago🌟 The Love Fridge partnered with a local restaurant to stock their fridges with 240 free
case studies Chrome’s Framework for Open Source Investment This year, Chrome’s has committed over $200K in their Web Framework & Tools Performance Fund to support open source tooling. Chrome understands that collaboration with open source paves the road to a better web.
News Open Source Collective Update #12 From our January 2021 board meeting.Open Source Collective is a non-profit organization serving as a fiscal sponsor to over 2,400 open source projects on Open Collective. We believe in transparency, so
Hiring Hiring: documentation and QA ~We are no longer accepting applications for this role~Open Collective is an open source software platform for transparent fundraising and budget management. We connect thousands of projects and funders around the world,
Documentation Introducing Open Web Docs We are excited to support the official formation of Open Web Docs. Independent of any single vendor, Open Web Docs is a collaborative network bringing first-class web platform documentation to all. See the official announcement below.
News Charity Fundholding for NZ: The Gift Collective We need accessible, affordable, effective fundholding for charitable initiatives, which powers them up instead of weighing them down.
Foundation Episode MMXXI - A New Hope In 2020, Open Collective Foundation grew 20x in money raised for initiatives ($4.5m), 4x in initiatives served (nearly 200), and 10x in financial disbursements. On one level, this shows the extent of
case studies Interview with Aaron Clark: Creating Opportunities for Stability Justice Reskill aims to connect justice-involved people with the access and support they need to create a new path for themselves. Aaron Clark, founder, tells us about his mission to serve these communities.
News What a year What do we even say about 2020? It's been... intense. But alongside all the many challenges, we've seen incredible action and resilience. Amidst the pandemic, hundreds of mutual aid groups activated around the
Open Source GitHub Sponsors for Companies, Open Source Collective for People Contribution to the sustainability of open source should be as easy as turning on a faucet. We’ve partnered with GitHub for some time already to enable Sponsors funding to flow through to
