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Focus on your mission, not on bureaucracy. Open Collective gives your project the ability to legally accept donations and manage money, without the headache of becoming a registered entity.

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Fiscal Hosting

Join a fiscal host that can handle legal and financial compliance on your behalf.

Raise Money & Crowdfund

Accept donations, grants, and sponsorships to fund your work.

Spend Money

Submit expenses, review and approve invoices and reimbursements.

Participatory Finances

Multiple administrators can coordinate project finances with multiple accounts.

Real-Time Balance

Keep track of balances, income and spending using up-to-the-minute balances based on our internal transaction ledger.

Transparency

Be accountable to your community by openly communicating your finances, transactions and real-time balances.

What is a fiscal host?

Fiscal hosts are legally incorporated organisations (typically non-profit) that provide the legal and financial umbrella for your group, so you can focus on your mission.

Your project operates using the fiscal host's legal entity and bank account instead of having to set up your own. The host provides administrative services, oversight, and support.

Fiscal hosting is also called fiscal sponsorship, fund-holding, or auspicing in different places around the world.

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Financial Platform

An integrated toolbox for collaboratively and transparently managing your finances.

Everything you need to know & do in one place

Your dashboard brings together all the tools you need to collaboratively manage your finances and stay on top of financial activities that require your attention.

Organize your money

Check your balance

Move money between accounts

Give people control

Tell the world your financial story

Money In

Document & track all incoming money.

Accept contributions

Setup crowdfunding campaigns to engage your community. Completed contributions are automatically recorded in the ledger and added to your account balances.

Money Out

Accept payment requests

A step-by-step payment request form will walk users through filing correct and complete payment requests. Include your own unique instructions on how to properly submit a payment request in order to get paid.

Invite people to get paid

Approve payment requests

Crowdfunding

Create a variety of crowdfunding campaigns: simple tip-jar with one time contributions, one-time goals, monthly recurring goals and even yearly memberships for continuous income.

Different ways to contribute

Flexible tiers enable you to create a diversity of crowdfunding campaigns. Design tiers that are appropriate for you and your audience. Collect tips, one time contributions and recurring contributions.

Set & commit to funding goals

Accounting & Accountability

Review & verify financial activities and provide your accountants with reliable information for your accounting processes.

All financial activities are recorded

At the heart of the platform is a transaction ledger. All financial activities on the platform generate ledger transactions.

Trace and verify all financial activities

Export ledger data for your accountants

How to find a Fiscal Host?

To find the right fit, you'll want to consider factors such as legal status, geographic coverage, supported currencies, fees, and the types of projects they are able to host.

Mission alignment

Fiscal Hosts usually have specific topics or areas they are designed to serve. When it comes to the application process, their acceptance criteria will fit in that scope.

Location

Legal structure

Fees

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