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Open Collective

Logo: Open Collective, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Crowdfunding and financial management platform

Open Collective is an open-source crowdfunding and financial management platform used by grassroots groups, open-source projects, and nonprofit organizations. It enables communities to collect and spend money transparently, often through fiscal hosting arrangements rather than by creating a separate legal entity of their own.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Screenshot of the Open Collective homepage
Photo: Betree, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Open Collective is an open-source crowdfunding and financial management platform used by grassroots groups, open-source projects, and nonprofit organizations. It enables communities to collect and spend money transparently, often through fiscal hosting arrangements rather than by creating a separate legal entity of their own.2

Timeline

  1. 2015Founded Founded1

Sources

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