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Leaving Open Source Collective

Unhosting your project from Open Source Collective

While hosted member projects enter an agreement when they join Open Source Collective (OSC), there is no contractual obligation to stay with us. We welcome projects scaling beyond our fiscal hosting program to talk to us about their future.

Moving On from OSC to Another Fiscal Sponsor

If your project is ready to move on from OSC, we're here to support that. We're happy to transfer any funds held on behalf of your project to another non-profit fiscal host/sponsor, as long as the funds will continue to support open source.

Before we can initiate the fund transfer, we will need you to provide the following information:

  • Name and URL of project's Open Collective profile

  • Name of the nonprofit entity acting as fiscal host

  • Country and/or State of registration of the nonprofit entity

  • Assets that need to be transferred e.g. monetary funds, trademarks, domains, employees

  • Full name and email address of the signatory for the collective

  • Full name and email address of the signatory for the new fiscal host

  • A copy of the new fiscal host's non-profit determination letter

Please email the above information to hello@oscollective.org, and we'll review and confirm next steps.


Closing My Project

If your project is closing down, you will need to do the following:

  • If OSC employs maintainers on your project's behalf, please get in touch with us via email to ensure we have enough time to transition the employee.

  • Verify all associated expenses with your project have been submitted, approved, and processed for payment.

  • If you have virtual cards, change your card information on any outside services with payment information saved. Virtual cards associated with your project will be deactivated once you are unhosted.

  • OSC may need to hold back funds if you have any outstanding contracts with unbilled amounts or non-transferable grants.

  • If OSC holds domains or trademarks on behalf of your project, please make a complete list of all assets that should be transferred.

  • Notify funders with recurring sponsorships or any institution that has provided grants. Inform them if you are shutting down the project or where you are moving to.

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