open collective europe Regranting: How Foundations Can Help grassroots communities in Europe Grant programs are powerful tools for increasing the social impact of countless initiatives around the world.
Community OCF Updates We Love — Spring 2023 Inspirational Updates from Collectives hosted by Open Collective Foundation
Open Collective Open Collective Europe: A new approach for the digital commons Open Collective Europe has set out to achieve the sustainability of the social and solidarity economy as well as open source technologies. Our mission is to enable initiatives to raise and spend money transparently under a common umbrella nonprofit. At the beginning of 2022, we shared [https://opencollective.com/europe/
case studies “Free Schools Are the Future of Education” An interview with Marko Kazic, creator of Pionir Free School in Serbia which serves as a replicable model towards building an exponential culture.
Open Source Featured Introducing: Funds for Open Source Helping companies invest in open source projects because we want open source creators to have a good livelihood and work sustainably, which is critical to the health of the whole ecosystem.
case studies "It's OK to take care of your mental health right now" — ATX Mental Health Fund We spoke with Samantha Meyer about her initiative to destigmatize the discussions and relief around mental health in Austin, Texas-in response to COVID, and beyond.
case studies Interview with Aaron Clark: Creating Opportunities for Stability Justice Reskill aims to connect justice-involved people with the access and support they need to create a new path for themselves. Aaron Clark, founder, tells us about his mission to serve these communities.
case studies Celebrating Black Excellence in Tech: Juneteenth Conference & a Tech Apprenticeship Pipeline Juneteenth Conference & a Tech Apprenticeship Pipeline
Community Featured Building an Open Source Care Plane, aka FOSS Responders The story of FOSS Responders and our UPLIFT! event – an event of open source financial support ($105K!) and celebration (7 time zones!) It is a story of sustaining open source during an unprecedented time of disruption and change.
Open Collective Featured Open Collective Update! New Expense Flow, Bank Transfers, No Fees for COVID and more!
Community Maintaining the Maintainers: Open Source Peer Support Group The Open Source Collective, home of 1300+ open source projects on Open Collective, is starting peer-support calls for maintainers.
Community The Next Billion Creators: Open Source Community Africa Driving the open source movement in the continent.
Community How and why should companies sustain open source communities? Notes from the Sustain community meetup in San Francisco, April 12th 2019.
case studies Samsung Next Stack Zero Grants How we disbursed $480,000 in grants transparently, with minimum hassle
how-to Rethinking the Tools for Collectives What tools are used by collectives for their activities? How can we improve them? What‘s missing? How can we contribute as developers to…
Community Introducing BackYourStack We started a tool to help companies discover their open source dependencies that seek financial support. Here’s the back story.
Community The New Citizen 15 years ago, the word “startup” was not in our vocabulary. In 2005, TechCrunch came along and put that name on the map. They did so by…
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Community Sponsorship alert! Waffle.io is supporting tech meetups up to $750. Woot! How does it work?
Community Strawberry Streets, cambiando el mundo una calle a la vez Este año arrancamos la edición de Open Collective en español. Estaré escribiendo artículos sobre personas trabajando en proyectos con el…
Open Source Our Philosophy on Contributing to the Open Source Community — and How You Can Too Open source has always been an important part of our operations. The open source community helps drive innovation, transparency, and…
Community From the Internet of Information to the Internet of Actions What do Trump supporters, Catalan separatists, the French political movement En Marche and Brexit voters have in common? If I’m making such…
news SustainOSS 2017: The Report On June 19th, 2017, one hundred people gathered in San Francisco to create a cultural shift in how we think about the sustainability of…
