OC Foundation is proud to be the financial and legal home of Kola Nut Collaborative and 390 more groups
The Process
We do the paperwork so that you can focus on your mission.
We are part of an international network of 600 nonprofits, LLCs, and co-ops around the world that use the same, open source software to create efficiencies with money.
OC Foundation is a nonprofit with a tech platform that enables over 300 groups to raise and spend over $13 million dollars a year in full transparency.
If your group wants to:
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View your entire budget in one secure place
- Share your budget with your community
- Apply for a grant
- Offer tax write-offs when people donate
- Create mini-grants for your community
- Offer virtual debit cards to your team
- Reimburse volunteers
- Use an open-source and community-led platform
We've got you covered!
And much more!
Virtual Cards – Free Courses – Grants – Collective Admins – Processing Payments 2x a Week – Community Forums – Tech Owned by Us – Transparency – Exit to Community – Solidarity Economies – Radical Admin –
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No required minimum balance | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ? | ✔️ |
No monthly or annual fee | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ? | ✔️ |
Crowdfunding tools like Tiers and Goals | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ? | ✔️ |
Transparent finances | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ |
Powerful money management features | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ? |
Automated recurring donations | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ? | ? |
Share your ideas for the platform directly with computer engineers | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ |
No need to open a group bank account. | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ |
Legal and tax compliance handled for you | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ? |
Hands-on support from a team of professionals | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ? | ? |
Twice-a-week expense payouts | ✔️ | ? | ? | ❌ | ? |
Join a real community with learning opportunities and peer support. | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ? | ❌ |
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We ask for 8% of the money raised to pay our team and build technology you ask for.
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Collective work + transparent finances = ♥️
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Community events
Join our Community Forum on first Fridays of the month to meet the team and other Collectives in a space of mutual support.
Upcoming events
Past events
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OCF Monthly Community Forum - July 2022 w/The Missing Piece– /
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OCF Monthly Community Forum - June 2022 w/Uri Noy Meir of ImaginAction Theatre– /
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OCF Monthly Community Forum w/Lin Shi of Money Health Collective - May 2022– /
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Solidarity Economy 101– /
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OCF Monthly Community Forum - Apr 2022– /
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OCF Monthly Community Forum w/Ebony Gustave & Robin Bean Crane of Cooperative Journal - Mar 2022– /
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SELC + OCF Online Legal Cafe - Mar 2022– /
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OCF Monthly Community Forum w/Aniqa Moinuddin & Sebastian Klemm of Proofing Future - Feb 2022– /
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OCF Monthly Community Forum & Legal Clinic w/Erika Sato of SELC - Jan 2022– /
Resources for Events
Events are part of our emergent Solidarity School where Collectives meet one another, build trust, share skills, and learn from special guests. Upcoming events include: the monthly Community Forum, a (new!) monthly Welcome Party, a (new!) Fundraising 101, a (new!) Grantwriting 101, and a quarterly Solidarity Economy 101.
What type of learning would support your Collective? Please hop in #ocf-solidarity-school-alumni and #community-support on Slack or join an upcoming Community Forum to share on the type of learning you would like. Mike Strode and Caroline Woolard are also available to talk through your ideas.
Our July Community Forum will feature The Missing Piece: Creating Healing Listening Spaces sharing more about Emotional CPR (eCPR), a community education program that teaches people how to support another person experiencing an emotional crisis.
Do you have something that you want to offer or request from the OC Foundation community? Share more about the Offer or Need on this Airtable form and then visit the #oanm-collaboration channel in Slack to connect with the Offers & Needs others have shared.
We are a group of committed people you can reach out to.
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