Support the Collective

The Nano Collective is a volunteer-led, not-for-profit community building open AI tooling. There are no investors, no equity, and no one drawing returns from the project. Every funded contribution, every line of code, every release exists because contributors choose to spend their time on it, and increasingly, because supporters choose to help fund that work.

If you have found the collective’s work useful, want to see more of it, or want to make sure quality AI tooling stays open and accessible, this page is for you.

For exactly how funds are used and how they reach contributors, see the Economics Charter. In short: every pound, dollar, or sat we receive goes to one of two places, either the cost of running the collective, or the community fund that pays bounties to OSS contributors.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship is the recurring path. There are three tiers plus a bespoke door, all listed on nanocollective.org/sponsor :

Individual. $5, $25, or $100 per month. Self-serve via Open Collective .
Supporter. $250 per month. For companies and indie teams that want a visible association with the collective.
Builder. $1,000 per month. For infrastructure companies, hosting providers, and aligned foundations that want sustained visibility across every NC surface.
Bespoke partnerships. For larger, named, or otherwise custom arrangements. Designed case by case, terms agreed and published before the relationship begins. Reach out via Discord .

Tier perks, placement details, and the full pitch live on nanocollective.org/sponsor . The operational side of how a sponsorship is handled (logo specs, onboarding, offboarding) is documented under the Sponsors section.

Donations

Donations are the one-off path. You can give once, or set up a recurring contribution.

How to donate

We accept donations through two channels:

Open Source Collective. Credit card, PayPal, or bank transfer, via our Open Collective page . Set up one-off or recurring monthly contributions in any supported currency.
Bitcoin. Direct to the Nano Collective’s public Bitcoin address. Reach out via Discord for the address and confirmation flow.

Invoiced contributions

Organisations and institutions that need an invoice before contributing can do so via Open Source Collective’s invoice-based contribution flow, typically available for contributions over $1,000 USD. If you need this, get in touch via Discord or directly to the core team and we will help set it up.

Designated donations

If you want your contribution to fund a specific piece of work (a particular project, a feature, a bounty), let us know before you donate. The scope is agreed with the core team first; nothing is open-ended, nothing is retrospective. Delivery is reported publicly.

Other ways to support

Money is one channel. There are others, and for many people they matter more.

Contribute work. Code, documentation, design, infrastructure, community moderation. Volunteer contribution is the foundation of the collective. See the Community page for how to get started.
Advocate for the work. Write about it, talk about it, share it with people who would find it useful. The collective grows because people who care about it tell other people who care.
Use it and feed back. File issues, suggest improvements, share what is working and what is not. Every project has an Issues tab on GitHub; every project is on Discord .

Transparency

The Nano Collective is fiscally hosted by Open Source Collective and operates with full financial transparency. Every incoming and outgoing payment received via OSC appears on the public Open Collective ledger in real time, visible to anyone, at any time.

If a donation or sponsorship is designated for a specific purpose, we report publicly on its use. If you have a question about how funds are being used, the ledger is the first stop, and we will answer any question that goes beyond it.

For the full picture of how contributor compensation works, including how the community fund pays bounties, how scoping works, and what the collective commits to, see the Economics Charter.

Questions

The fastest way to get a question answered is on Discord . For anything more formal, open an issue on the docs repository or contact the core team directly.

Thank you for supporting the work.