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Post #2454497

2026-05-10 17:39 UTC

Anybody I know have experience with OpenCollective? I’m interested in trying to move elementary to a more community/nonprofit legal structure but I’m trying to wrap my head around how expenses work. Like how do I actually pay out digital ocean? Does some individual need to pay first and get reimbursed? There’s no direct way to pay expenses?

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  • @janl@narrativ.es 2026-05-10 18:05

    @danirabbit@mastodon.online yes, they do invoices for services rendered or reimbursements for expenses occured: https://docs.opencollective.com/oceurope/how-it-works/expenses/expenses-and-getting-paid-faqs

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  • @danirabbit@mastodon.online we have had a pretty good experience with it in pmos, although i haven't been directly involved in expenses and stuff it's fairly straightforward as i understand it. ofc it depends on what fiscal host you use since they are responsible for actually managing the funds and approving invoices and stuff

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  • @nebunez@fuzzyroots.net 2026-05-10 18:00

    @danirabbit@mastodon.online Both @owncast@social.owncast.online and @liblast@mastodon.gamedev.place use OpenCollective, and I think the experience has been pretty good for them.

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  • @liaizon@social.wake.st 2026-05-10 19:06

    @danirabbit@mastodon.online depending on your fiscal host you could get a debit card from them. But they might have ended that recently I'm not so sure. We applied but never got it a while ago. Usually I have to just fill out invoices and send them receipts to get payed back

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  • @danirabbit@mastodon.online I am using it to administer a grant to #pkgconf relating to SBOM work. The person doing the work covered by the grant invoices the collective and then I approve it once we come to an agreement for the invoice amount based on the scope of work for each phase.

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  • @Sobex@social.sciences.re 2026-05-11 07:42

    @danirabbit@mastodon.online You should reach out to the Asahi Linux group, they are also using Open Collective, afaik. (And the US one)

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  • @danirabbit@mastodon.online if you are in France hello asso allows to get funding in a clear legal way. A lot of non profit org here -1901 french law- are benefitting if this clear and simple access to simple funding https://www.helloasso.com/ Where financial contribution is ethic -you pay what you want, if you want-. Opencollective is just another financial project, from 5 to 10% if your income - opaque taxes - and supposed to be closed soon.

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