case studies - Open Collective

Play By the Rules, or Create New Ones

Play By the Rules, or Create New Ones

Nathan Schneider, Professor of Media Studies at UC Boulder, Journalist, Author, Founder of Community Rule. Photo by By Eleanor WilliamsonWe spoke with Nathan Schneider of Community Rule about the importance of more accessible

$2m for COVID-19: Stories of Solidarity

$2m for COVID-19: Stories of Solidarity

Over the last few months, we've been privileged to support a massive community response to COVID-19 by 250+ Collectives. We waived our fees for three months so these amazing groups could focus all

Zcoin on Open Source Collective

Zcoin on Open Source Collective

A decentralized funding model means they are more free from bias. Zcoin set up an open collective, where a community can support and sustain their work of privacy on the blockchain.

Growing Community One Slice at a Time

Growing Community One Slice at a Time

Over the last couple years, Cloudflare has sponsored over $20,000 of pizza for 80+ tech meetups around the world, reaching over 4500 people. That’s a lot of slices!

How funding open source gives ZEIT access to world-class talent

How funding open source gives ZEIT access to world-class talent

Interview with ZEIT founder Guillermo Rauch and Head of Growth Sarup Banskota.

Taking on Diversity & Inclusion in the Drupal Community

Taking on Diversity & Inclusion in the Drupal Community

We spoke with Drupal Diversity and Inclusion team leader Tara King about how her team are going beyond the depressing statistics and achieving real change.

Frontend Masters: "We teach open source, we use open source, and we support open source."

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.

Solving open source funding by giving sponsors a seat at the table

Solving open source funding by giving sponsors a seat at the table

How creating a Steering Group became the game-changer for Universal Viewer, propelling this long-running project into a whole new phase.

Witchcraft: the magic of math, functional programming, and community

Witchcraft: the magic of math, functional programming, and community

Interview with Brooklyn Zelenka, blockchain engineer, functional programming math wizard, community builder, and founder of Fission and…

Babel’s rise to financial sustainability

Babel’s rise to financial sustainability

Making a living making open source

Enriching commons by practicing with money

Enriching commons by practicing with money

For the Secure Scuttlebutt community, it involves money but it’s not about money

Samsung Next Stack Zero Grants

Samsung Next Stack Zero Grants

How we disbursed $480,000 in grants transparently, with minimum hassle

Stay calm and untangle your GitHub notifications

Stay calm and untangle your GitHub notifications

Octobox.io: how to tame those garden fairies.

How JHipster’s Bounty System saved the project

How JHipster’s Bounty System saved the project

The back story.

Funding Open Source: How Webpack Reached $400k+/year

Funding Open Source: How Webpack Reached $400k+/year

Webpack’s Sean Larkin on growing the project’s budget with crowdfunding, sponsorships, grants, partnerships… and pure love.

Cycle.js: A Unified Theory of Everything for JavaScript

Cycle.js: A Unified Theory of Everything for JavaScript

Nick Johnstone on what makes Cycle special, the two-year long ‘weekend project’, great community engagement, and the future of programming.

Open Source is the Next Mission for These Soldiers

Open Source is the Next Mission for These Soldiers

Operation Code supports veterans and military spouses entering the tech industry. Interview with co-founder Conrad Hollomon.

Hoodie’s Plan for Open Source Financial Sustainability

Hoodie’s Plan for Open Source Financial Sustainability

Interview with founding contributor Gregor Martynus on the role of money in open source and the importance of inclusive community. On Hoodie’s 4th birthday, I interviewed founding contributor Gregor Martynus about the promises and pitfalls of money in open source, and why inclusive community is so

Women Who Code: Powering Up an International Network with Local Crowdfunding

Women Who Code: Powering Up an International Network with Local Crowdfunding

Interview with Joey Rosenberg, global leadership director of an organization on a mission to inspire women to excel in technology careers. Interview with Joey Rosenberg, global leadership director of an organization on a mission to inspire women to excel in technology careers, with 80,000 members a

Preact: Shattering the Perception that Open Source Must be Free

Preact: Shattering the Perception that Open Source Must be Free

I interviewed Preact author Jason Miller about money in open source, maintainer burnout, and growing a democratic community.