Making it easier to do good
Cofundable is an online marketplace and integration platform that helps people find and connect the tools they need to organize around a common cause.
How it works
You focus on the mission, we'll take care of the rest.
Discover how Cofundable makes it easier for groups to collaborate, raise money, and prioritize their spending.
Step 1: Create a profile
Pick one of our templates that reflects the kind of community you're building or start from scratch. After you answer a few questions about your group's cause, you can begin inviting people to work with you.
Step 2: Connect your tools
Connect your existing collaboration tools or get recommendations for new ones. Once your tools are linked to your account, you can share data between them and manage activity from a single dashboard.
Step 3: Engage your community
Stay connected with your community as it grows. Answer questions like "Who's been active in Slack but hasn't been to an event recently?" and "Which channels have had the most activity overall?"
Step 4: Fund your cause
When you need to pay for things, use a group account to accept donations, apply for grants, or collect dues. Then invite members of your community to collectively decide how that money should be spent.
Who it's built for
One platform,
countless possibilities
While no two communities are exactly alike, we've tailored Cofundable's features to fit a few common use cases for collective action.
Open source projects
Starting a new software project and want it to be public? We can help you build an open source community around your code.Configure common tools and templates
Connect the product roadmap to your community forum and let users report bugs or request features from Slack or Discord.
Convert stargazers into sponsors
Discover contributors who have submitted PRs but not starred your project, or nudge users who request features to consider donating.
Let the community drive your roadmap
Invite users who depend on your software to help prioritize functionality by creating crowdfunded bug and feature bounties.
Community initiatives
Neighborhood associations, mutual aid groups, and more. If you're already collaborating in person, we can help you bring it online.Stay connected between meetings
Keep your momentum going on projects with a community forum, document management, or a group list serv.
Collect dues and manage expenses
Raise and distribute money for group projects without having to worry about compliance or tax issues.
Prioritize the projects you take on
Let community members vote on whether to spend the budget on building a community garden or painting a local mural.
Early stage nonprofits
Running a program that you want to grow into an organization? We'll connect you to the resources you need to scale your impact.Get the word out about your program
Create a website that describes your work and stay connected with current and former program participants in a community forum.
Raise money to pay for what you need
Manage donations, grants, and expenses in a single place with the legal and financial support of a fiscal sponsor.
Get input on the services you offer
Ask the community you serve to help you prioritize certain types of programming and then share their priorities with funders.
Local grant-makers
Manage a community foundation or contribute to a giving circle? We can help you move the funding process out of the boardroom and into the neighborhood.Connect with local stakeholders
Facilitate open conversations between prospective applicants and community leaders to better understand their needs.
Extend grants with outside donations
Raise more money for the initiatives you support by creating funding opportunities that are open to public contributions.
Let the community define funding priorities
Invite local stakeholders to decide how money is awarded to organizations working in their community.
Features
What you get with Cofundable
Learn more about the features and functionality our platform has to offer.
A website and social media account are often the front door to a digital community. Use our branding guide and templates to make them reflect the visual identity of your cause.
Don't spend hours searching for digital tools like chat or forms. Our tool library lets you compare options, provides recommendations, and helps you set up the essentials in just a few clicks.
Want to add donors to your mailing list? After your tools are connected, pick from dozens of common workflow templates to help you share data between platforms.
Understand how people are connecting with each other across your communication channels. See user and activity data from all of your connected tools in a single dashboard.
Need to pay for a community-related expense? Cofundable is built on top of Open Collective, a legal and financial toolkit that makes it easier to raise and spend money as a group.
Managing compliance is important to do, but hard to do well. We'll connect you to a fiscal host who can take care of details like taxes and reporting so that you can focus on the mission.
Need help on something you can't to do in-house? Swap skills with other communities or search our marketplace for professional services like design and technical support.
Money can be tight when you're just getting started. Cofundable let's you split the cost of shared services with other communities and get group discounts on bulk purchases.
Effective collaboration depends on having a clear process for group decisions. Our platform offers a set of built-in tools to help communities balance input and efficiency in decision making.
Why Cofundable
Community done differently
There are a ton of platforms that can help you connect with stakeholders and raise money. What makes Cofundable unique?
Fully open source
Our codebase is completely open source, which means you can inspect it, modify and host it yourself, and submit your own features or bug fixes.
Community-driven roadmap
Our product roadmap is also public and we use crowdfunded bug and feature bounties to prioritize the functionality that gets added to it.
Works with the tools you love
Cofundable is designed to connect your tools, not replace them. Link your existing accounts and import activity data instead of starting from scratch.
Designed to be extended
If you can't find an integration you need in our tool library, you can either build one yourself or start a campaign to fund a community-built plugin.
Built to scale with your team
Our platform supports both small communities and large networks, with pricing plans that let you start with the basics then add features as you grow.
Portable by default
Cofundable makes it easy to move data between the tools you link to your account, and all of your activity data can be exported with the click of a button.