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
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News Need a 501(c)(3) for your initiative? We have you covered! Open Collective and the Open Collective Foundation are launching a new path for charitable initiatives to start receiving tax deductible donations with no hassle. Open Collective + the Open Collective Foundation are on a
Investor Updates Open Collective Investors Update August 2020 Dear Investors, Phew! What a rollercoaster of a year. I really don’t know where to start. As a quick recap, last time I wrote numbers were positive and we launched a new
News A moderation proposal for Open Collective Two weeks ago, we had one of those weekends… Twitter threads popping up everywhere about scammers and spammers on the platform. We got called out for a lack of moderation tools: tools that
News Zero Platform Fees for Charitable Collectives Open Collective is waiving its platform fees for charitable Collectives fiscally sponsored by Open Collective Foundation and other charity hosts. Over the last few months, we've been privileged to support a massive community
Open Collective Open Collective Update! New Expense Flow, Bank Transfers, No Fees for COVID and more!
covid We are apart, but we are not alone. We are waiving our fees on all COVID-19 related Initiatives. Let's work together to support each other. The past week we've seen a surge of Collectives created in solidarity with COVID-19 support efforts.
Double the Love! 💞 GitHub Sponsors and Open Collective team up for sustainability! We are thrilled to share that GitHub Sponsors and Open Collective are linking up to help open source projects thrive. Open source projects can
News New Paid Plans for Fiscal Hosts We are launching updated features for Fiscal Hosts on Open Collective, with a new pricing plan.Fiscal Hosts are the entities behind the scenes who make it possible for Collectives to receive and
News 2019 in Review and 2020 Goals The year 2019 was a good one for Open Collective in many ways, and the challenges ahead are making the team more focused and stronger together. TL;DR:Our income grew 2.4x
Open Source Beyond post-install messages: npm adds support for package funding Open Collective previously promoted the use of postinstall messages, output in the developer terminal each time someone installed a package. This practice proved controversial, and in September we stopped encouraging it. We've let
Open Source Indeed's Open Source Sustainability Strategy During the last SustainOSS in London, Duane O'Brien let slip a comment that made me super happy, Indeed was piloting a FOSS Sustainability Fund. A way to institutionalize corporate open source support, and
Community The Next Billion Creators: Open Source Community Africa Driving the open source movement in the continent.
News Investors Update — February 2019 Dear Investors, Hope you are well! Before all, Xavier will be in San Francisco April 2–17th. He will send you a separate email to coordinate a time to meet since it’s
case studies Samsung Next Stack Zero Grants How we disbursed $480,000 in grants transparently, with minimum hassle
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News August Investor’s Update Dear investors, August was a really good month for us (total donations are +37%). Confirming the trend we’ve been seeing, 63% of donations are from sponsors of which +⅔ are recurring. Same for
