Updates
Updates on our activities and progress.
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Adding Tags to OCF Collectives
Published on May 10, 2022 by Kayla E
Hi all, We’ve recently been hard at work fixing up our Search feature on the platform, and in line with this, we’ve added some new Tags to your pages that we think will make you easier to find (and to find each other!) Feel free to edit, re...
PayPal Expense Payout Issue Resolved
Published on May 6, 2022 by Nathan Hewitt
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Temporary Delay in PayPal Expense Payouts
Published on May 4, 2022 by Nathan Hewitt
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¡Usa Open Collective en español! / Use Open Collective in Spanish!
Published on April 20, 2022 by Nathan Hewitt
¡Con la ayuda de Francisco Domínguez, colaborador de ATX Mental Health Fund, Open Collective Foundation ha apoyado la traducción completa de la plataforma Open Collective al es...
Strategic Plan Check-in 6 Months On
Published on March 27, 2022 by Alanna Irving
Half a year ago, Open Collective Foundation committed to a strategy based on solidarity as our guiding principle, and published a strategic plan. Now, we're...
🔭 Seeking software developers to build the solidarity economy
Published on March 23, 2022 by Alanna Irving
Seeking senior software engineers to join the team! · We are looking for senior "full-stack" software engineers who are excited about open source, making communities sustainable, and transparent finances. We welcome applications from people...
💡🛠💰 Open Call for OCF Board Members 💰🛠💡
Published on February 24, 2022 by Caroline Woolard
Dear Open Collective Foundation initiatives and contributors, · We are looking for 1 or 2 people to join our Board. Open Collective Foundation is a nonprofit with a ...
OCF can now receive cryptocurrency
Published on February 9, 2022 by Alanna Irving
Support amazing initiatives with crypto, and get tax benefits too · At Open Collective Foundation, we support many payment methods, because our goal i...
2021 in review, forum this Friday, and work with OCF
Published on February 1, 2022 by Alanna Irving
Check out the OCF 2021 year in review to celebrate how we grew as a community last year, including an annual leaderboard, strategic overview, and links to so many amazing sto...
OCF is HIRING a social media + Communications Organizer
Published on November 24, 2021 by Alanna Irving
Seeking someone to join our team part time—3 hours a day at $30/hr—to amplify our initiatives' work and boost our capacity to support solidarity and justice movements.Are you a person who loves engaging people on social media to talk about...
Employment, new video walkthru, updates, & OCF zoom this Friday
Published on November 4, 2021 by Alanna Irving
We've got a lot of great news to share with OCF initiatives! New Onboarding Video · Have you ever wanted someone to personally explain how everything works on Open Collective? OCF team member Mike has created ...
OCF's Strategic Plan: Solidarity in Action
Published on September 27, 2021 by Alanna Irving
Here's what we're up to—we want your feedback · Not long ago, OCF announced our strategy focused on solidarity. Now we want to share a more concrete plan to put it into action. It's a rundown of what the OCF team is currently doing, what we...
Grantmaking and free email addresses
Published on September 23, 2021 by Alanna Irving
We're excited to announce two new services that OCF is now offering hosted initiatives! Grantmaking · Fiscally hosted Initiatives can now make grants in their communities. Initiatives have full autonomy to...
Paypal payees no longer need to submit tax forms
Published on September 16, 2021 by Alanna Irving
Requiring expense payees to submit a tax form is sometimes a barrier to getting people paid quickly and easily. Filling out paperwork sucks, and forcing people to do unfamiliar online tasks sucks. We are working to remove such hurdles where...
Liability insurance options now available
Published on September 13, 2021 by Alanna Irving
Open Collective Foundation can now offer hosted initiatives access to liability insurance and other types of coverage. Because it's set up as an addendum to our main policies, you can get covered in a simple and cost-effective way. As uninc...
New Update Published From Okionu Birth Foundation
Published on September 9, 2021 by Mike Strode
Are you familiar with the work of Okionu Birth Foundation? Find out more and learn how you can support their work within this newly published case study. "Jacquelyn Clemmons of Okionu Birth Foundation wants to to normalize complete and holi...
OCF's strategy: Solidarity as our Guiding Principle
Published on July 21, 2021 by Alanna Irving
We've just published a detailed blog post all about OCF's newly clarified strategy. Read it here. We're al...
Policies webinar notes and recording
Published on May 26, 2021 by Alanna Irving
Thank you to everyone who made time to come to the webinar about the newly clarified policies for...
Reminder: policies webinar tomorrow
Published on May 23, 2021 by Alanna Irving
We recently announced new policies covering cash assistance programs, outside accounts (Venmo etc), and outsi...
New policies for cash assistance, outside accounts & outside entities
Published on May 18, 2021 by Alanna Irving
This is an important message for all initiatives who: Provide cash assistance (giving out money, e.g. via Venmo or gift cards); Use outside accounts (e.g. Paypal, personal...