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Opencollective Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Covina, CA EIN: 81-4004928 Website

The foundation's mission is to promote 1) charitable projects aimed at increasing access to educational resources and training 2) charitable projects aimed at creating a positive social impact and 3) charitable projects aimed at developing tools to improve civic participation.

Opencollective Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$559,880
-31.3% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$1,126
-100.0% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$1,126
-99.7% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$256,593
-98.9% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Opencollective Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

21 grants across all recorded years

7<$50K7$50–100K6$100–250K1$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 7 grants of 21 (33%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

10states
+2 more states

Cities

New YorkBerkeleyHoustonPortlandSeattleStanfordWilmingtonBostonBoulderCambridgeIthacaOverland ParkUniversity Park

How Opencollective Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 52% from 2021 to 2024. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$250K$500K$750K$1M0 grants2020 7 grants2021 4 grants2022 6 grants2023 4 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2021 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $121K (2022) to $884K (2021). In 2024 it made 4 grants totaling $429K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Stanford University Stanford, CABioprospecting and directed evolution of nitrogen fixing enzymes that can function in eukaryotes.$110,000
Rice University Houston, TXScalable, equipment-free affinity purification of enzymes by engineered buoyant nanostructures$110,000
Boston University Boston, MASynthetic Apomixis for Perpetuating Heterosis in Hybrid Crops$110,000
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CAUtilize an innovative biocatalyst to convert low-cost co2 and h2 feedstocks, or syngas (co/co2/h2/o2 gas mixtures) to produce fohs using industrially relevant cultivation techniques$98,778
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$559,880$1,126$256,593——$1,126
2024$814,529$3,517,192$22,798,813$428,7784$360,762
2023$20,432,487$23,106,368$17,904,379$483,7786$257,746
2022$15,251,805$28,502,921$18,373,049$120,5344$86,061
2021$4,802,160$9,335,614$6,815,930$884,1757—
2020$2,373,737$4,842,808$2,635,322———

About Opencollective Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Opencollective Foundation is a public charity, based in Covina, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $560K in total assets. Net investment income was $1K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Opencollective Foundation is led by Hafidha Acuay, President & Secretary since 2024 (on filings since 2022); none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Hafidha Acuay

    President & Secretary

    Secretary → President & Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bart Westdijk

    Treasurer

    Board Member → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (8)
  • Former: Wayne Kleppe (2024) — General Manager Finance
  • Former: Pia Mancini (2020–2023) — President
  • Former: Alanna Irving (2021–2023) — Executive Director
  • Former: Angie Kim (2022–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Nan Eileen Mead (2022–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Andrew Trask (2020–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Kaitlin Thaney (2020–2022) — Secretary
  • Former: Caroline Woolard (2022) — Director of Research & Partnerships

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Opencollective Foundation

How large is Opencollective Foundation?

Opencollective Foundation reported $560K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1K.

Where does Opencollective Foundation operate?

Opencollective Foundation has awarded grants in California, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington.

What is Opencollective Foundation's EIN?

Opencollective Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 81-4004928. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS October 9, 2025)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 17, 2025)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS December 13, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 9, 2025)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 8, 2026)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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