Open Collective Fiscal Hosting and Transparent Budgets

Platform that lets unincorporated community groups raise, hold and spend money transparently under a fiscal host, without incorporating or opening a bank account — a route for community-partnered research funds.

Indicative award

Not a cash award (not a cash award)Not a grant — it is money-handling infrastructure. Pricing page: Collectives are free; Host Organizations pay Discover (free, 1 active collective, 10 paid expenses/month), Basic ($60/month) or Pro ($320/month), with an optional 5% crowdfunding fee in place of platform tips.

Timing

Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Always open — create a Collective and apply to a fiscal host at any time. No cycles or deadlines.

Who can apply

Early-career faculty, Practitioner, Community organisation

Eligibility

Any group can create a Collective; collectives themselves are free to use and pay no platform fee. To hold money a Collective must be accepted by a fiscal Host (a legal entity), and Host organizations pay the platform's plan pricing. Because hosts set their own acceptance criteria, a university is normally the partner or payee rather than the account holder.

SSWR clusters

Topics

fiscal sponsorship · transparent budgets · community-partnered funds · unincorporated groups

Apply at

https://opencollective.com/how-it-works

This entry

Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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Open Collective Fiscal Hosting and Transparent Budgets

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