Open Collective Update—April 2021
Funds for Open Source
Our new initiative, Funds for Open Source, has hit a nerve!
"Open Collective opens cash conduit between tech biz and unappreciated developers."
"Open Collective is trying to make working full-time for an open-source project an alternative to a career developing for a for-profit company."
"Airbnb already has a fund. Indeed already has a fund. More to come?"
Pia Mancini
Platform Improvements
- Updates: Keep your community up to date! We've upgraded the text editor, improved formatting in emails, mobile, and online, better surfaced recipients, and released Updates for Projects.
- Online Events: When creating an event, you can now pick "online" for the location, and add a URL and instructions for participants.
- Flexible Tiers: Allow both one-off or recurring contributions within the same tier, instead of having to pick one or the other.
- Webhooks: Smarter integrations with Slack and Discord, so you can automatically post activity into your chat space.
New Pricing Page
Open Collective pricing can be a bit complex to explain, given the different ways people engage with the platform. We've designed a new page to lay it all out clearly.
News & Inspiration
- Welcome to our newest team member, Ben Nickolls! He is stepping in as ED of OSC, and CPO of Open Collective.
Benjamin Nickolls
- Open Collective Foundation continues growing fast. See the latest OCF update for incredible stories of communities across the US.
Open Collective Foundation
- Introducing Casa Hacker, a new fiscal host in Brazil! Learn more in English or Portuguese.
Geraldo Barros
- Open Collective Foundation's Internet Freedom Fund is starting to see real research getting published, like this paper on the social media 'infodemic'.
- The IO Foundation runs a monthly event called TechUP, to support the next generation of Human and Digital Rights defenders: programmers. They want to hear from those seeking and offering support with capacity and skill building.
- Terra Incognita NYC is a report that maps how digital public space emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic, including mutual aid groups, hundreds of which joined our platform.
Tweets that make us proud
a @ward5mutualaid sign in a #BloomingdaleDC front yard
— Scott Roberts (@ScottRobertsDC) April 5, 2021
neighbors helping neighbors@opencollect pic.twitter.com/HiI3IJWFwm
Just sent out emails to various ESLint contributors letting them know that the team has awarded them cash for their contributions. ESLint values all contributions and the team picks the top outside contributors each month to pay for their help. 💵🙏😀
— Nicholas C. Zakas (@slicknet) March 25, 2021
Thanks to our @opencollect sponsors, we've been able to hire another core team member.
— date-fns (@date_fns) April 8, 2021
Please welcome @maximtop to the team! 🎉
🔥 YAY! @TheLoveFridge has been featured in The Chicago Tribune! Solving access to food in Chicago. 100 volunteers distribute ~8,000 pounds of food every week. Open Collective Foundation is one proud fiscal sponsor today. Congrats & THANK YOU.♥️ pic.twitter.com/Cs4JvjuM4s
— Open Collective (@opencollect) March 16, 2021
Monthly Leaderboard
Top Financial Contributors
- Hopewell Fund $20,000
- Bennett Smith $13,941
- XR France $12,168
- ThemeIsle $10,400
- Indeed $10,000
- PolyPoly $8,423
- Capacity Project $8,124
- Airbnb $7,837
- Jesse Cool $7,700
- Chrome $7,500
Top Collectives
by new contributors
- Ankidroid +279
- Mpls Northside Mutual Aid +238
- Women Who Code Atlanta +144
Top New Collectives
by contributions
- Countering Slowdown $21,244
- Southern Solidarity $18,525
- Ev. Fight for Black Lives $6,121