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Platform: Open Collective

Open Collective is a transparent funding platform. All contributions to public collectives are visible without authentication via a public API.

Available signals

  • Financial contributions (one-off and recurring)
  • Recurring contributions can be distinguished from one-off donations

How to collect

Open Collective public API. No authentication required.

Example endpoint:

  • https://opencollective.com/{collective-slug}/members/all.json — all contributors with amounts

General concerns

  • Financial contribution is a meaningful signal of commitment, but money ≠ participation
  • The same person may contribute to multiple collectives; deduplication needed across instances
  • Recurring funders arguably deserve more weight than one-off contributors — see Funding signals: merged or separate?