julianpistorius
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1 year ago https://docs.opencollective.foundation/getting-started/eligibility
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https://github.com/Open-Collective-Foundation/docs/blob/master/getting-started/eligibility.md
Eligibility
Requirements
Open Collective Foundation can fiscally sponsor Collectives that meet the following requirements:
- Activities must align with our mission & impact areas
- Activities must be charitable, to benefit and open to the public (per IRS requirements for 501(c)(3)s)
- Activities cannot include lobbying or political campaign intervention
- Activities must abide by our International Activity Policy
- Collective must have no separate legal existence/entity from OCF
- Collective must have a minimum of two admins/team members
🌟 Make sure to review our Terms of Fiscal Sponsorship agreement, Processes and Limitations, Community Guidelines, and overview of fiscal sponsorship and fiscal hosting to ensure that your Collective fits with our service. (“Plain English” hints are provided with our Terms to help you decipher the legalese.)
During your time with Open Collective Foundation and on the Open Collective platform, you and anyone involved in the Collective are expected to follow our Community Guidelines and adhere to the platform’s Terms of Service.
Not Required
Here are things that are not required by Open Collective Foundation that are sometimes requested by other fiscal sponsors:
- No application fees.
- No yearly flat fee (only a small percentage fee on funds raised)
- No minimum budget balance.
- No minimum amount you have to raise per year.
- No duration requirement (You can leave Open Collective at any time)
- No onerous application process, just a few straightforward questions.
- No intense reporting requirements (the platform automates that!) other than posting a straightforward annual Update to your Collective page.
I looked at the mission and vision, and other links. It all seems aligned. The questions on the application:
Application Questions
So that you can draft your responses, the following information is requested in the online application form:
- Your Collective’s location (must be based in the U.S. Check here for international hosting options.)
- Your name
- Your email address
- :white_check_mark: In order to get approved to be hosted, your Collective's profile will need to include a minimum of 2 community members with 'Admin' roles
- The name of your Collective
- Website and / or social media links (proof of activities)
- You will also have the opportunity to choose your own unique URL.
Then we will ask the following questions:
- How long has your Collective been running? (We accept new and long-running projects.)
- If you have begun fundraising, how much money have you raised so far?
- How much money do you want to fundraise?
- Who do you expect to fund you?
- What does your Collective do? (250 characters max)
- Please explain how your Collective furthers one or more of our mission impact areas. (250 characters max)
Mission impact areas:
Our Mission's Impact Areas
- Increase access to educational resources and training
- Create a positive social impact and combat community deterioration by supporting/promoting mutual aid efforts
- Develop tools to build a sustainable future through climate justice, internet freedom efforts, Collectives that strengthen democracy
Impact Areas Expanded
1 - Increasing access to educational resources and training
People and social movements are using technology to work together in order to build a better future, including an increasing number coming together to accelerate learning and education about technology. The Open Collective Foundation supports this educational mission.
We support Collectives that build tools and community for women and traditionally marginalized groups, in order to 1) enhance their technology facility, 2) accelerate their learning and access to STEM pathways, and 3) build their ideas. The Open Collective Foundation helps Collectives get funding to deliver programs in their communities (such as workshops, hack nights, educational meetups, pair programming sessions, and free online tutorials).
2 - Creating a positive social impact
With change comes ample opportunity to create a positive impact on society. We catalyze global social change through exploration of how society can use technology and money to increase the quality of human life, in a manner considered charitable under Section 501(c)(3).
We evaluate social impact through an equality lens. Change happens when we remove barriers for groups to access opportunities and share in public goods and when we make space for a sustainable commons. We support projects ranging from Collectives eliminating prejudice and discrimination and providing immediate relief to access to education and the arts.
We place a special emphasis on community building and diversity, shared knowledge and access to the basic building blocks a community needs to thrive and build resiliency; from public digital infrastructure and internet freedom to consciousness and mindfulness Collectives.
Finally, we are mindful that as stewards of this planet and our democracy, we need to support projects that have positive social impact for today as well as for future generations through supporting climate justice and open democracy Collectives.
3 - Fostering civic participation within cities and communities.
Open Collective Foundation fosters civic participation, looking to reduce neighborhood tensions, prejudice and discrimination, and community deterioration. We tackle inequality by hosting groups who aim to further educational access and distribution of resources to underprivileged individuals. We strive to remove barriers to civic participation, to allow everyone to access the social and policy dialogue of their communities.
We strengthen democracy by: 1) supporting technology with democratic positive impact purposes. 2) giving a platform to groups that may lack resources or financial know-how, 3) providing tools for civil engagement and discourse, 4) hosting advocacy groups that bring people together to work for their community.
Fundamentally, the Foundation aims at supporting projects in the above categories that have a positive impact in the world. We strive to close the multiple gaps and inequalities that our society continuously produces.
I think we're good for 1 and 2.
Terms of fiscal sponsorship:
Seems reasonable.
Hi @julianpistorius Can you please locate the minimum required governance for orgs joining opencollective by the time we meet on Wednesday AM at Coffee & Code?