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The Kola Nut Collaborative is a mutual support network created by Mike Strode to engage people in reciprocal exchange of services, skills, and goods through a time</div> </a> <footer class="post-card-meta"> <time class="post-card-meta-date" datetime="2023-04-07">07 Apr 2023</time> <span class="post-card-meta-length">8 min read</span> <script data-ghost-comment-count="640b6b62005852003d10fc17" data-ghost-comment-count-empty="" data-ghost-comment-count-singular="comment" data-ghost-comment-count-plural="comments" data-ghost-comment-count-tag="span" data-ghost-comment-count-class-name="" data-ghost-comment-count-autowrap="true" > </script> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-card post tag-ocf tag-news"> <a class="post-card-image-link" href="/solidarity-school/"> <img class="post-card-image" srcset="/content/images/size/w300/2022/12/solidarity_blog-01.png 300w, /content/images/size/w600/2022/12/solidarity_blog-01.png 600w, /content/images/size/w1000/2022/12/solidarity_blog-01.png 1000w, /content/images/size/w2000/2022/12/solidarity_blog-01.png 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 400px, 800px" src="/content/images/size/w600/2022/12/solidarity_blog-01.png" alt="OC Foundation Presents: Solidarity School" loading="lazy" /> </a> <div class="post-card-content"> <a class="post-card-content-link" href="/solidarity-school/"> <header class="post-card-header"> <div class="post-card-tags"> <span class="post-card-primary-tag">ocf</span> </div> <h2 class="post-card-title"> OC Foundation Presents: Solidarity School </h2> </header> <div class="post-card-excerpt">OC Foundation offers nonprofit status + fundraising + money management software to aligned groups. We are part of an international network of nonprofits and other fiscal sponsors that use the same open source software to create efficiencies with money. We do the paperwork so that unincorporated groups, or Collectives, can focus on</div> </a> <footer class="post-card-meta"> <time class="post-card-meta-date" datetime="2023-03-21">21 Mar 2023</time> <span class="post-card-meta-length">9 min read</span> <script data-ghost-comment-count="63a0f8d00f9bf8003d08c331" data-ghost-comment-count-empty="" data-ghost-comment-count-singular="comment" data-ghost-comment-count-plural="comments" data-ghost-comment-count-tag="span" data-ghost-comment-count-class-name="" data-ghost-comment-count-autowrap="true" > </script> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-card post tag-ocf tag-chicago tag-case-studies tag-events tag-collaboration"> <a class="post-card-image-link" href="/crowd-as-compass/"> <img class="post-card-image" srcset="/content/images/size/w300/2022/12/Mapping-Experimental-Economies.jpg 300w, /content/images/size/w600/2022/12/Mapping-Experimental-Economies.jpg 600w, /content/images/size/w1000/2022/12/Mapping-Experimental-Economies.jpg 1000w, /content/images/size/w2000/2022/12/Mapping-Experimental-Economies.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 400px, 800px" src="/content/images/size/w600/2022/12/Mapping-Experimental-Economies.jpg" alt="Navigating Failure with the Crowd as your Compass" loading="lazy" /> </a> <div class="post-card-content"> <a class="post-card-content-link" href="/crowd-as-compass/"> <header class="post-card-header"> <div class="post-card-tags"> <span class="post-card-primary-tag">ocf</span> </div> <h2 class="post-card-title"> Navigating Failure with the Crowd as your Compass </h2> </header> <div class="post-card-excerpt">Perhaps you are in some way failing to meet the mission of your collective whether that is building capacity, raising funds, transitioning leadership, or anything else. Whatever you do to address that momentary failure, do not fail alone.</div> </a> <footer class="post-card-meta"> <time class="post-card-meta-date" datetime="2022-12-01">01 Dec 2022</time> <span class="post-card-meta-length">3 min read</span> <script data-ghost-comment-count="6388a8c2840a23003d0b047f" data-ghost-comment-count-empty="" data-ghost-comment-count-singular="comment" data-ghost-comment-count-plural="comments" data-ghost-comment-count-tag="span" data-ghost-comment-count-class-name="" data-ghost-comment-count-autowrap="true" > </script> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-card post tag-case-studies tag-mutual-aid tag-denver featured"> <a class="post-card-image-link" href="/when-open-collective-met-okionu/"> <img class="post-card-image" srcset="/content/images/size/w300/2021/09/np_New-mother-comfortable-with-her-post-pregnancy-body_0VPvk4_free.jpg 300w, /content/images/size/w600/2021/09/np_New-mother-comfortable-with-her-post-pregnancy-body_0VPvk4_free.jpg 600w, /content/images/size/w1000/2021/09/np_New-mother-comfortable-with-her-post-pregnancy-body_0VPvk4_free.jpg 1000w, /content/images/size/w2000/2021/09/np_New-mother-comfortable-with-her-post-pregnancy-body_0VPvk4_free.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 400px, 800px" src="/content/images/size/w600/2021/09/np_New-mother-comfortable-with-her-post-pregnancy-body_0VPvk4_free.jpg" alt="New mother comfortable with her post pregnancy body by Jacob Lund Photography from NounProject.com" loading="lazy" /> </a> <div class="post-card-content"> <a class="post-card-content-link" href="/when-open-collective-met-okionu/"> <header class="post-card-header"> <div class="post-card-tags"> <span class="post-card-primary-tag">case studies</span> <span class="post-card-featured"><svg width="16" height="17" viewBox="0 0 16 17" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M4.49365 4.58752C3.53115 6.03752 2.74365 7.70002 2.74365 9.25002C2.74365 10.6424 3.29678 11.9778 4.28134 12.9623C5.26591 13.9469 6.60127 14.5 7.99365 14.5C9.38604 14.5 10.7214 13.9469 11.706 12.9623C12.6905 11.9778 13.2437 10.6424 13.2437 9.25002C13.2437 6.00002 10.9937 3.50002 9.16865 1.68127L6.99365 6.25002L4.49365 4.58752Z" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"></path> </svg> Featured</span> </div> <h2 class="post-card-title"> When Open Collective Met Okionu </h2> </header> <div class="post-card-excerpt">Jacquelyn Clemmons of Okionu Birth Foundation wants to to normalize complete and holistic postpartum care through by supporting both parents with nourishing meals following the birth of a child.</div> </a> <footer class="post-card-meta"> <time class="post-card-meta-date" datetime="2021-09-09">09 Sep 2021</time> <span class="post-card-meta-length">3 min read</span> <script data-ghost-comment-count="60f8389e0eab18003bbaa51b" data-ghost-comment-count-empty="" data-ghost-comment-count-singular="comment" data-ghost-comment-count-plural="comments" data-ghost-comment-count-tag="span" data-ghost-comment-count-class-name="" data-ghost-comment-count-autowrap="true" > </script> </footer> </div> </article> </div> <nav class="pagination"> <span class="page-number">Page 1 of 1</span> </nav> </div> </main> </div> <footer class="site-footer outer"> <div class="inner"> <section class="copyright"><a href="https://blog.opencollective.com">Open Collective</a> © 2025</section> <nav class="site-footer-nav"> </nav> <div class="gh-powered-by"><a href="https://ghost.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Powered by Ghost</a></div> </div> </footer> </div> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js" integrity="sha256-9/aliU8dGd2tb6OSsuzixeV4y/faTqgFtohetphbbj0=" crossorigin="anonymous"> </script> <script src="https://blog.opencollective.com/assets/built/casper.js?v=85ccdde85a"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function () { // Mobile Menu Trigger $('.gh-burger').click(function () { $('body').toggleClass('gh-head-open'); }); // FitVids - Makes video embeds responsive $(".gh-content").fitVids(); }); </script> <!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics --> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-147664506-1"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'UA-147664506-1'); </script> </body> </html>