Open Collective Foundation provides fiscal sponsorship and financial infrastructure for grassroots movements, mutual aid organizations, and open source projects globally. Founded in 2019 to solve the legal and financial barriers facing decentralized organizations, OCF enables thousands of collectives to receive tax-deductible donations, manage transparent budgets, and operate as legitimate entities without incorporating as nonprofits.
By providing accessible fiscal sponsorship, Open Collective Foundation supports mutual aid networks to focus on their organizing work rather than bureaucratic compliance. The platform's transparent, participatory approach to governance embodies the principles of the movements it supports.
Open Collective Foundation demonstrates how creating alternative financial infrastructure is essential to sustaining decentralized mutual aid movements at scale.