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Open Collective Update—April 2021

Funds for Open Source Our new initiative, Funds for Open Source [https://blog.opencollective.com/funds-for-open-source/], has hit a nerve! > "Open Collective opens cash conduit between tech biz and unappreciated developers." —The Register [https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/26/opencollective_funding_developers/] > "Open Collective

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Open Collective Update—February 2021

New Features Invite to Submit Expense You 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 the rest and confirm. This can make the whole process a lot easier! Learn more

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Open Collective - Our January Update

Did you know Collectives can.... * Get contributions in Bitcoin * Accept donations of public stock * Employ (or contract) their contributors * Register trademarks * Have assets held on their behalf (like hardware) * Provide acknowledgement letters for in-kind donations (to claim tax credits) Interested in any of these? Get in touch! [info@opencollective.com]

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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, and provide unique and powerful tools for fiscal sponsorship and community engagement. Open Collective is seeking help

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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 [https://blog.opencollective.com/covid19-solidarity-stories/] activated around the world. Amidst uncertainty, funders created major coalitions to

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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 Waterfront Mutual Aid [https://opencollective.com/west-brooklyn-waterfront-mutual-aid]. This is why we do what we do! Dear Neighbor,

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Open Collective Update - November 2020

Spam Update We'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 you can define who you will and won't accept money from. Learn

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Celebrating Black Excellence in Tech: Juneteenth Conference & a Tech Apprenticeship Pipeline

Juneteenth Conference & a Tech Apprenticeship Pipeline

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Open Collective Update - October 2020

New Moderation Tools As part of our plan to zap spam [https://blog.opencollective.com/a-moderation-proposal-for-open-collective/], we're giving Collective admins more control over who they accept money from: a 'reject' button [https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/moderation#rejecting-financial-contributions] on contributions (click 'view details'

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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 fair. We heard you, and have developed a full proposal to combat spam [https://blog.

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Open Collective Update—August 2020

Open Collective Update—August 2020: Featured Collectives, Combatting Spam, Github Sponsor Updates, Fiscal Host Upgrades, Monthly Leaderboard and More

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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 fees There's a new Hosted Collectives tab on the dashboard, where you can view, search, and filter, plus add funds and set custom

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Open Collective Update—July 2020

Zero fees for charity Open 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 charitable Collectives fiscallysponsored by Open Collective Foundation and other charity hosts. Over the last few months,

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Open Collective Update—June 2020

Close to $2Million raised for COVID-19, plus lots of new features 😍 Collectives Responding to Covid-19 We've been humbled and impressed by the 270 groups actively using Open Collective for COVID relief efforts. Together, they've raised close to 2 million USD to support their causes. Open Collective

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Open Collective Update!

New Expense Flow, Bank Transfers, No Fees for COVID and more!

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Open Collective Update—February 2020

New Homepage, Github Sponsors Integration, Roadmap Update + more We Have a New Homepage! Check out the big update to opencollective.com [https://opencollective.com/]. New Funding Options for Open Source Open Source Collective is enabling more revenue channels. Github Sponsors Raise money for your Collective right through your GitHub repo.

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Open Collective Update—January 2020

Top contributors of 2019, goals for 2020, Conversations are live, + more news 2019 in Review and 2020 Goals Update from CEO Pia Mancini about our journey in 2019 and our strategy for the coming year, including evolving the product, pricing, and team. 2019 in Review and 2020 GoalsThe year 2019

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Open Collective Update—December 2019

Lots of new features, seeking feedback, free pizza + we're hiring! Feedback Wanted: New Expense Flow Expenses are how Collectives pay money out to contributors. We're working on a big update to make the whole process easier. See designs & give feedback → [https://github.com/opencollective/opencollective/

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Open Collective Update—November 2019

Platform improvements, upcoming developments, recognizing contributors, ZEIT sponsor profile, and more news. Platform Improvements Profile picker When you add a new Core Contributor or select a Collective or Organization, now you can search existing profiles to find the right one. No more accidental duplicate accounts! Gift Card Upgrades Batches for

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Open Collective Update—October 2019

Collectives for the climate, doubling bounties, diversity in Drupal, and more news. Last weekend, the Extinction Rebellion Belgium [https://opencollective.com/XR-Belgium]Collective organized civil disobedience in Brussels to draw attention to the climate emergency. Over 400 citizens were violently dispersed with water canons [https://twitter.com/XR_NYC/status/

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🚀 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 [ https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives]. ⭐ Customize it! The new design is about helping you

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Open Collective Update—September 2019

Launching: New Collective Page A 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" to the end of the URL. For example: * https://www.opencollective.com/babel/V2

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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.

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Open Collective will go on Strike Friday Sep 20th for the Climate 🌍🔥⏳

TLDR; * Our homepage will be “greened out” on Sep 20th * You can opt in to make your collective page go on strike as well (see below) * There will be a banner across the entire website. * Our team will be on strike and is invited to take part in one of

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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 game for you, you were good at it. Hard to blame you. But now, you realize how