Shannon Wray

Shannon Wray

Head of Operations @ Open Finance Consortium the non-profit stewarding the Open Collective Platform.

Sessions

Governance & Community

How Open Collective moved from a for-profit to a non-profit

Talk
17. March 2026, 10:35 - 11:05
bUm Box
The largest users of the Open Collective Platform set up a coup and ousted the initial investors. We are now a 501(c)(6) membership nonprofit. We would love to share how our governance has evolved, our current challenges in achieving financial sustainability, and how we have contributed to the open-source ecosystem. https://blog.opencollective.com