🥀Closing your collective
❎ Collective Closure Policy
Applies to: All collectives fiscally hosted by All For Climate Effective Date: June 2025 Owner: All For Climate (A4C) ASBL Implementer: All For Climate Back Office supports person or team Reviewed: Annually or as needed
🎯 Purpose
🔁 Valid closure pathways
If a collective decides to close, the admin team must take the following steps:
1. Notify A4C of intent to close
A written confirmation is required from all current admins of the collective.
The confirmation should include:
A short explanation of the reason for closure.
Agreement on what to do with any remaining funds (see below).
This helps ensure transparency and shared decision-making among the leadership.
2. Allocate remaining funds
Collectives can choose one or a combination of the following actions:
Upload valid expenses to spend the remaining funds on the collective’s mission.
Donate the remaining balance to another collective hosted by A4C.
Donate the remaining balance to the A4C Treasury (used for shared community needs and initiatives).
Once the balance reaches €0, A4C will proceed to unhost and archive the collective.
3. Inform your donors
We recommend informing your contributors—especially recurring donors—about the closure.
You can do this via the Contributors tab in your collective’s dashboard on Open Collective.
⚠️ Disputed or contested closures
To prevent issues where a collective is closed without consultation with the broader movement it represents, the following provisions apply:
✅ Requirement: admin consensus
A4C will only proceed with closure after written confirmation from all current admins of the collective.
This protects against unilateral decisions that do not reflect the intent of the entire collective's leadership team.
🧩 Option: continuation by other members
If people from the movement wish to continue the collective but are not platform admins, they may submit a takeover request:
Takeover request must include:
A motivation letter signed by at least two individuals involved in the movement.
A clear explanation of:
Their vision for the collective.
Proposed activities and use of funds.
A request to become the new admins.
A4C will share the takeover request with the current admins for them to evaluate on a case-by-case basis, with the intention to preserve continuity if there is good faith effort and clear community support.
If admins do not object within 10 working days, A4C may approve the new admins and transfer control of the collective.
🧾 Final review
Before officially unhosting the collective:
A4C will verify that:
All funds have been appropriately allocated.
Final communications (e.g. to donors) have been made.
No active grant obligations or legal issues remain.
Once reviewed and approved, the collective will be marked as “Archived” on the Open Collective platform.
📨 Contact for closure or takeover requests
All requests related to collective closure or continuation should be sent to:
[email protected] Subject: Closure or Takeover – [Collective Name]
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