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
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,
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
mutual aid Autumn Update from West Brooklyn Waterfront Mutual Aid We wanted to share this beautiful letter that was sent by one of our hosted mutual aid initiatives. We are so grateful to be able to support and catalyze collectives like West Brooklyn
News Open Collective Update - November 2020 Spam UpdateWe've been banning up to 100 accounts per day for keto diet related spam alone—so keep using those moderation tools and report spammers! Contribution policies are now displayed during checkout, so
case studies Celebrating Black Excellence in Tech: Juneteenth Conference & a Tech Apprenticeship Pipeline Juneteenth Conference & a Tech Apprenticeship Pipeline
News Open Collective Update - October 2020 New Moderation Tools As part of our plan to zap spam, we're giving Collective admins more control over who they accept money from: a 'reject' button on contributions (click 'view details' on a
News Open Collective Update - September 2020 ⚡ Our plan to zap spam ⚡Recently we got called out on Twitter for a lack of spam and moderation tools for Collectives. It's never fun to get called out, but it was totally
News Open Collective Update—August 2020 Open Collective Update—August 2020: Featured Collectives, Combatting Spam, Github Sponsor Updates, Fiscal Host Upgrades, Monthly Leaderboard and More
News Great new features for Fiscal Hosts With more on the horizon!Fiscal Hosts enable Collectives to raise and spend money through their entities and bank accounts. Manage Collectives and set custom feesThere's a new Hosted Collectives tab on the
News Open Collective Update—July 2020 Zero fees for charityOpen Collective is waiving platform fees for Collectives in Open Collective Foundation and other charity Fiscal Hosts. Zero Platform Fees for Charitable CollectivesOpen Collective is waiving its platform fees for
News Open Collective Update—June 2020 Close to $2Million raised for COVID-19, plus lots of new features 😍 Collectives Responding to Covid-19We've been humbled and impressed by the 270 groups actively using Open Collective for COVID relief efforts. Together, they've
Open Collective Open Collective Update! New Expense Flow, Bank Transfers, No Fees for COVID and more!
News Open Collective Update—February 2020 New Homepage, Github Sponsors Integration, Roadmap Update + moreWe Have a New Homepage!Check out the big update to opencollective.com. New Funding Options for Open SourceOpen Source Collective is enabling more revenue channels.
News Open Collective Update—January 2020 Top contributors of 2019, goals for 2020, Conversations are live, + more news2019 in Review and 2020 GoalsUpdate from CEO Pia Mancini about our journey in 2019 and our strategy for the coming year,
News Open Collective Update—December 2019 Lots of new features, seeking feedback, free pizza + we're hiring!Feedback Wanted: New Expense FlowExpenses are how Collectives pay money out to contributors. We're working on a big update to make the whole
News Open Collective Update—November 2019 Platform improvements, upcoming developments, recognizing contributors, ZEIT sponsor profile, and more news.Platform ImprovementsProfile picker When you add a new Core Contributor or select a Collective or Organization, now you can search existing
News Open Collective Update—October 2019 Collectives for the climate, doubling bounties, diversity in Drupal, and more news.Last weekend, the Extinction Rebellion Belgium Collective organized civil disobedience in Brussels to draw attention to the climate emergency. Over 400
News 🚀 Time for a change! New Collective & Profile Pages We've made a big design upgrade! Now is a great time to update your Collective and share it with your community. See what's new! For specifics please head to our docs. ⭐ Customize it!
News Open Collective Update—September 2019 Launching: New Collective PageA big update to the design of Collective pages is going live in the next few days (and Individual and Organization profiles too)! To preview the new look, append "V2"
case studies Frontend Masters: "We teach open source, we use open source, and we support open source." Frontend Masters regularly appears on our leaderboard for their contributions to the open source ecosystem. They’ve sponsored nearly 40 projects and show no signs of slowing down. I spoke to founder Marc Grabanski to find out why.
climate Open Collective will go on Strike Friday Sep 20th for the Climate 🌍🔥⏳ TLDR;Our homepage will be “greened out” on Sep 20thYou can opt in to make your collective page go on strike as well (see below)There will be a banner across the entire
how-to Make anonymous donations on Open Collective Sometimes, you just don’t want to publicly say that you are supporting a collective.Let’s say that you made a lot of money in the fossil fuel industry. It was a
News Open Collective Update—August 2019 New 2 min explainer video, anonymous contributions, + new blog, website, and team members. Check out our sweet new animated explainer video!Anonymous ContributionsYou can now select the “incognito” profile in the contribution flow
