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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Featured Collectives
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Bushwick Ayuda Mutua are responding to the COVID-19 crisis with community engagement and mutual aid, supporting a team of neighborhood volunteers to purchase and deliver groceries to those in need in Brooklyn, NY.
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"My hope is that transparent governance rules become part of what it means to be an open source project....as easy as choosing a Creative Commons license, where you answer a few questions and boom."
ParentPreneur Grants
Thanks to this fantastic initiative, ten black parent entrepreneurs are powering up their businesses with $10,000 in grants, from beauty products to catering to innovative baby bottles.
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Combatting Spam
We're working to stamp out spam across the platform. If you have feedback or want to report spam content, join us on Discord.
Github Sponsors Update
385+ open source projects have opted in to our integration with Github Sponsors, together bringing in nearly $10,000 per month. If you want to sign up, follow these steps.
⚠️ We recently emailed all our Github Sponsors users about a required settings change. Please have a look!
Upgrades for Fiscal Hosts
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We're in the middle a big update for fiscal hosts, the entities that hold funds on behalf of Collectives.
Hiring: UX/UI Designer
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Open Collective Design is looking for a new team member! Ideally someone in Latin America (the design team is mainly based in Mexico).
News & Inspiration
🥝 Announcing the launch of Open Collective New Zealand, a new fiscal host for all kinds of kiwi Collectives!
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🚀 Open Collective Foundation, fiscal host for US-based charity projects, is on track to grow 10x this year, and it's doing a lot of exciting things.
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🧬 Code for Science & Society have launched a request for proposals to fund improving access, tools, sustainability and inclusivity in open data science.
Tweets that make us proud
We are launching a new effort w/ @mozilla @SloanFoundation @OpenSociety @opencollect to fund research & implementation of open source digital infrastructure! The RFP is now live. Join us Thursday @ 12:30pm ET to learn more: https://t.co/nySraawvU0
— Michael Brennan (@brennan_mike) July 21, 2020
📢 Elswick solidarity fund has now paid out/approved 15 grants.
— Newcastle Mutual Aid - covid19 (@NCLMutualAid) July 19, 2020
📢 Arthurs Hill solidarity fund has now paid out 8 grants w/ 3 in process.
Thanks @SocialChangeAg @opencollect for the platform allowing us to do this.
We hope it can be sustainable to give out regular grants 💛💙 https://t.co/kpdkEemfpg
Monthly Leaderboard
Top Financial Contributors
1. Open Society Foundations $100,000
2. NGI Trust $88,500
3. Ford Foundation $50,000
3. Sloan Foundation $50,000
5. Chrome $22,500
6. Schwab Charitable $20,000
7. VGC $18,000
8. XR France $14,500
9. Benevity $12,745
Top Collectives
by new contributors
Bushwick Ayuda Mutua +128
Darkreader +121
DIM +60
Top New Collectives
by contributions
Digital Infrastructure
FOSS UPLIFT
Ford FOSS Sustainability