transparent fiscal-hosting and fundraising platform

Open Collective

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A fundraising and fiscal-hosting platform designed around public budgets, visible expenses, contributor records, and open collective finance. Open Collective scores well because the model leaves more value with stakeholders and ownership is comparatively aligned, though person-dependent governance still limits the evaluation.

Why this matters: Transparent fiscal hosting is important infrastructure for open-source, mutual-aid, and community projects.

Letter grade A Good Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1 Last reviewed May 7, 2026

Final Score 55* A - Good

AGOOD55 pts

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material51

Bonus+9

Cap66No structure cap

After Cap60

Penalties-5

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Evaluation Overview

A - Good

The score turns mainly on Extraction, with the largest penalty coming from Reversibility.

Strengths

Extraction8/10
Ownership7/10
Loss-Bearing Fidelity7/7

Penalties

Reversibility-5

Evidence state

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
Linked claims7
Direct axis claims7
Coverage7/14

Scoring Axes

Axis	Score	Why this score
Ownership ? Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.	7 / 10	Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. That places Open Collective in the middle of Ownership: there is some mission, member, producer, or public-interest constraint, but decisive control is not fully democratic. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 146 scored entries below, 21 tied, 59 above on Ownership. Linked evidence context Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. [1] context Open Collective documentation describes transparent budgets, expenses, and financial contributors as core platform features. [2]
Governance ? Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.	6 / 10	Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. That places Open Collective in the middle of Governance: there are accountability mechanisms, but they stop short of broad democratic control. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 148 scored entries below, 14 tied, 64 above on Governance. Linked evidence Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. [1] context Open Collective documentation describes transparent budgets, expenses, and financial contributors as core platform features. [2]
Extraction ? Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.	8 / 10	Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. That places Open Collective high on Extraction: surplus is structurally routed toward workers, producers, users, or public benefit instead of being primarily captured upward. A still-higher or maximum value requires stronger proof that this structure is durable, broad, and not merely discretionary. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 173 scored entries below, 34 tied, 19 above on Extraction. Linked evidence context Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. [1] context Open Collective documentation describes transparent budgets, expenses, and financial contributors as core platform features. [2]
Labor Sovereignty ? Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.	3 / 7	Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. That places Open Collective in the middle of Labor Sovereignty: workers or participants have some protection or agency, but not enough binding power to control the relationship. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 45 scored entries below, 66 tied, 115 above on Labor Sovereignty. Linked evidence context Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. [1] context Open Collective documentation describes transparent budgets, expenses, and financial contributors as core platform features. [2]
Solidarity with the Unemployed ? Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.	5 / 7	Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. That places Open Collective in the middle of Solidarity with the Unemployed: some access, severance, retraining, openness, or mutual-aid value is present, but it is not central or durable. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 158 scored entries below, 38 tied, 30 above on Solidarity with the Unemployed. Linked evidence context Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. [1] context Open Collective documentation describes transparent budgets, expenses, and financial contributors as core platform features. [2]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity ? Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.	7 / 7	Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. That places Open Collective high on Loss-Bearing Fidelity: the institution is structured to absorb real costs rather than shifting losses onto weaker parties. A still-higher or maximum value requires stronger proof that this structure is durable, broad, and not merely discretionary. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 218 scored entries below, 8 tied, 0 above on Loss-Bearing Fidelity. Linked evidence context Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. [1] context Open Collective documentation describes transparent budgets, expenses, and financial contributors as core platform features. [2]
Market Conduct ? Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.	5 / 5	Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. That places Open Collective high on Market Conduct: pricing, access, switching, and bargaining practices show restraint compared with ordinary rent-seeking competitors. A still-higher or maximum value requires stronger proof that this structure is durable, broad, and not merely discretionary. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 180 scored entries below, 46 tied, 0 above on Market Conduct. Linked evidence context Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. [1] context Open Collective documentation describes transparent budgets, expenses, and financial contributors as core platform features. [2]
Product Integrity ? Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.	5 / 5	Open Collective documentation describes transparent budgets, expenses, and financial contributors as core platform features. Open Collective documentation describes transparent budgets, expenses, and financial contributors as core platform features. That places Open Collective high on Product Integrity: the core offering is genuinely useful and comparatively less dependent on traps, degradation, or harmful dependencies. A still-higher or maximum value requires stronger proof that this structure is durable, broad, and not merely discretionary. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 134 scored entries below, 92 tied, 0 above on Product Integrity. Linked evidence context Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. [1] Open Collective documentation describes transparent budgets, expenses, and financial contributors as core platform features. [2]
Scale Integrity ? Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.	5 / 5	Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 191 scored entries below, 35 tied, 0 above on Scale Integrity. Linked evidence context Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses. [1] context Open Collective documentation describes transparent budgets, expenses, and financial contributors as core platform features. [2]

Penalties

Penalty	Applied	Why this penalty
Reversibility ? Applied when positive conduct depends on current living leaders, founders, family owners, or other person-contingent governance rather than durable structure. Range: -5 to 0.	-5	The organization’s positive conduct depends materially on current leadership, nonprofit or platform policy, accreditation rules, religious culture, or discretionary operating practice rather than on locked worker or affected-stakeholder control. The organization’s positive conduct depends materially on current leadership, nonprofit or platform policy, accreditation rules, religious culture, or discretionary operating practice rather than on locked worker or affected-stakeholder control. That warrants a severe Reversibility penalty because favorable conduct depends on current people or discretionary leadership rather than locked stakeholder structure. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 95 tied, 131 above on Reversibility. Linked evidence The organization’s positive conduct depends materially on current leadership, nonprofit or platform policy, accreditation rules, religious culture, or discretionary operating practice rather than on locked worker or affected-stakeholder control. [7]

Bonus Credits

Bonus	Credit	Why this credit
Openness to Dissent ? Credit for tolerating internal, user, customer, worker, and public dissent without retaliation, capture, or viewpoint laundering.	2 / 3	Open Collective gives contributors public visibility into budgets and expenses, strengthening challenge and oversight. Open Collective gives contributors public visibility into budgets and expenses, strengthening challenge and oversight. That supports partial Openness to Dissent credit because people can criticize, dissent, or challenge the institution without being managed into silence. The value remains partial because the linked record does not show the practice as comprehensive, durable, or central enough for full credit. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 200 scored entries below, 15 tied, 11 above on Openness to Dissent. Linked evidence Open Collective gives contributors public visibility into budgets and expenses, strengthening challenge and oversight. [3]
Constitutional Spirit ? Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms even where private law does not strictly require it.	2 / 3	The platform’s public-ledger model supports commons governance and contributor autonomy. The platform’s public-ledger model supports commons governance and contributor autonomy. That supports partial Constitutional Spirit credit because the institution respects speech, privacy, due process, conscience, or civil-liberties norms beyond bare legal compulsion. The value remains partial because the linked record does not show the practice as comprehensive, durable, or central enough for full credit. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 188 scored entries below, 23 tied, 15 above on Constitutional Spirit. Linked evidence The platform’s public-ledger model supports commons governance and contributor autonomy. [4]
Good Deal ? Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low lock-in, and clear customer surplus.	2 / 3	Open Collective can lower the cost of accountable shared finance for open-source and community projects. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 185 scored entries below, 14 tied, 27 above on Good Deal. Linked evidence Open Collective can lower the cost of accountable shared finance for open-source and community projects. [5]
Cost Transparency ? Credit for clear posted prices, all-in fees, unit costs, public rate cards, margin/cost visibility, or surplus-allocation transparency, especially in markets where opaque quotes, hidden fees, or individualized pricing are normal.	3 / 3	Open Collective’s core design makes income and expenses public for collectives that use the platform. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 214 scored entries below, 12 tied, 0 above on Cost Transparency. Linked evidence Open Collective’s core design makes income and expenses public for collectives that use the platform. [6]

Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

Medium 66/100

7 verified linked claims 7 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 7/14 components covered

This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.

Claim confidence 13/20

7 verified linked claims

Source quality 10/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 9/18

7 direct claims across 14 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 5/10

7/14 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending

VerificationUnverified

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)

ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)

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Claims and Sources

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* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

1Open Collective provides fundraising and fiscal-hosting infrastructure for groups that want open budgets, contributors, and expenses.

Governance Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 7, 2026

Open CollectiveGeneral web source · 58%

2Open Collective documentation describes transparent budgets, expenses, and financial contributors as core platform features.

Product Integrity Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 7, 2026

Open Collective financial transparency docsGeneral web source · 58%

3Open Collective gives contributors public visibility into budgets and expenses, strengthening challenge and oversight.

Openness To Dissent Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 7, 2026

Open Collective financial transparency docsGeneral web source · 58%

4The platform’s public-ledger model supports commons governance and contributor autonomy.

Constitutional Spirit Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 7, 2026

Open Collective financial transparency docsGeneral web source · 58%

5Open Collective can lower the cost of accountable shared finance for open-source and community projects.

Good Deal Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 7, 2026

Open CollectiveGeneral web source · 58%

6Open Collective’s core design makes income and expenses public for collectives that use the platform.

Cost Transparency Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 7, 2026

Open Collective financial transparency docsGeneral web source · 58%

7The organization’s positive conduct depends materially on current leadership, nonprofit or platform policy, accreditation rules, religious culture, or discretionary operating practice rather than on locked worker or affected-stakeholder control.

Reversibility Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 7, 2026

Open CollectiveGeneral web source · 58%

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