How Collective works
Organizations near you, their news, donations, levels and joining, in five pictures.
Organizations and people
Collective finds the organizations near you, and the people at them. Choose the causes you care about, and see who does the work before you ever show up.
News
Add an organization, and its news comes to your Home. Every day, Collective turns what organizations post into short stories for your city. You hear about the wins, the events and the needs without checking ten feeds.
Donations
Donate to any organization here, monthly or once. Every donation goes through Collective, even to an organization that isn’t set up for donations yet, and your receipts stay in one place.
Levels
Showing up moves you up, from Lime to Crown. Donations count, and so do events, volunteer shifts and the organizations you add. Each level opens more, up to Crown: the city club and its events.
Joining
Sign up free, in about a minute. Pick your neighborhood and causes, add a few organizations, and tomorrow’s good news is on your Home.
More in Getting started
- Collective for nonprofitsA public Profile and Wiki for every nonprofit, a portal that does the busywork, and a network of people who want to help.
- Collective for peopleFind the nonprofits doing the work near you, follow what they do, and give in one place.
- Your portal in 5 minutesThe places in the rail, what each one does, and where to start.
- Your Wiki and ProfileWhat Collective knows about your organization, where each fact comes from, and the public page built from it.
Last updated November 9, 2026