# README This is where you can find an **overview and introduction to OuiShare's financial reporting & documentation**, organized by year. OuiShare is a network of non-profits founded in 2012 with the mission to build and nurture a collaborative society by connecting people, organizations and ideas around fairness, openness and trust. *Read more about the organization*[ *here.*](http://ouishare.net/en/about) # General overview For the first two years, our organization was almost solely funded through volunteer work as well as non-monetary contributions and sponsorships from a handful of collaborative economy startups. Therefore OuiShare's financial reporting in this document is being started with the year 2013. ## Funding sources As we have grown, we have drawn from a variety of sources of funding that enable us to cover the costs of our operational and strategic activities: * Sponsorships and ticket sales (mostly for events) * Public grants and subsidies * [Global Partners, ](http://ouishare.net/en/global-partners)who are forward-looking organizations that support OuiShare on an annual basis * Donations from individuals As our flagship project, our [OuiShare Fest ](http://ouishare.net/en/projects/ouishare-fest\\)as well as large projects like POC21 and the sponsorships they have been financed with, represent the most significant part of our budget today. They also subsidize many of our operational activities such as accounting and communications. Therefore it is our aim to diminish our dependency on these projects over time by increasing our financing from member donations and grants. Since **projects are managed in a financially autonomous way,** but can receive ignition funding from the global budget to get started. If profitable, projects can also help cover the overall organizational costs, as for instance OuiShare Fest. # Annual Financials This section summarizes key figures about OuiShare's financials for each year since 2013, since this is the first year the organization had a proper budget. # 2013 In 2013 OuiShare's budget consisted of the budget of the first OuiShare Fest only, since this was the main source of funding that year. The first budget of OuiShare Fest was **157 000 €.** See full >> [**OuiShare Fest Budget 2013**](http://tiny.cc/ouifest-budget) # 2014 ## 2014 annual budget: 498 000 € ## Revenues ![](https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/544391152b68bf9829ecd33a/811x512/89f52bbc1a3824a7f230086e6bc35e3a/revenues-final.png) ## Costs ![](https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/544391152b68bf9829ecd33a/819x517/2957040c2abdea6ab817d36eadfbba21/costs-final.png) In 2014, all costs that are not from OuiShare Fest represent the global operational costs in all local OuiShare entities. **For more details, see** [>> Budget of OuiShare Fest 2014](http://bit.ly/OSFEST14Financials) # 2015 ### Annual budget: 1 475 730 € ## Revenues ![](https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/57ffb83894a3e81e7cd04733/844x616/9d36138096beb293174cc90485076794/revenues-2015-final.png) ## Costs ![](https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/57ffb83894a3e81e7cd04733/844x616/d9e9e0b8a4279dc825585f36373d7569/costs-2015-final.png)In 2015, all costs that are not from OuiShare Fest represent the global operational costs in all local OuiShare entities, with a large part of them being operational costs in France, since this was the largest entity at the time where the majority of funds were raised. ## OuiShare Spain * **INCOME: € 143 K \[ Fest 97K - 68% ]** * **EXPENSES: € 131 K** # 2016 ## 2016 In 2016, OuiShare's financial management went through a structural transformation, because the network now consists of 5 non-profits (France, Spain, Germany, Quebec, UK) of which OuiShare France, Spain and Quebec have growing budgets. Therefore, in accordance with OuiShare's governance principle of [Autonomy of Communities and Projects](https://medium.com/ouishare-connecting-the-collaborative-economy/how-are-decisions-made-in-a-distributed-organization-7dfcdb0b73e3#.nxxphvkvx), OuiShare no longer has one unified financial management and budget planning. Each local OuiShare entity manages its finances independently and contributes to one collective funding pot to finance operations and infrastructure that all communities share, regardless of location. These activities can be described as the "**global OuiShare commons**", which primarily concern our work in producing and curating critical and cutting-edge content, as well as running basic operations of the OuiShare network. ### Activities in OuiShare Global Commons | Role | Amount before tax | | --------------------------------------- | ----------------- | | | | | International OuiShare Summits | 3 000 € | | Global Finance & Accounting | 6 000 € | | OuiShare Magazine English | 6 000 € | | Monthly Newsletters (members & general) | 3 000 € | | Social Media | 6 000 € | | Tech & Web Maintenance / Support | 6 000 € | | Tech & Web tools | 4 096 € | | Cobudget Initial Setup & Maintenance | 3000 € | | | | | **Total** | **37 096 €** | ## Finances by country ### OuiShare France * Income: -- \[Ouishare Fest: 462 000 €] * Costs: -- [>> See detailed budget Ouishare Fest Paris](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Xa_SuXg-88d5J0Gzpe_CQMJdJs9ffdbUq6-74z_LpZ4/edit) ### OuiShare Spain * Income: 155 000 € \[ Ouishare Fest Barcelona 124K - 80% ] * Costs: 143 000 € ### OuiShare Germany (created Dec 2016) * Income: 1.025 € * Costs: 9 € # 2017 ## 2017 ### Activities in OuiShare Global Commons | Role | Amount before tax | | --------------------------------------- | ----------------- | | | | | Global Ops Team Facilitation | 1 500 € | | Global Budget Planning | 1 000 € | | Global Finance & Accounting | 6 000 € | | OuiShare Magazine English | 6 000 € | | Website Steward | 1 200 € | | Monthly Newsletters (members & general) | 3 000 € | | Social Media | 6 000 € | | Tech & Web Maintenance / Support | 6 000 € | | Shared Infrastructure (Software) | 6 076 € | | Cobudget Steward | 1200 € | | International Summit Lisbon | 3 000 € | | International Summit Munich | 3 000 € | | | | | **Total** | **35 676 €** | ## Finances by Country ### OuiShare France * Income: 1.745.000 € (Ouishare Fest Paris: 485 000 €) * Costs: 1.654.000 € ### OuiShare Spain * Income: 122.000 € (Ouishare Fest Barcelona: 65 000 € - 54 %) * Costs: 122.000 € ### OuiShare Quebec * Income: 71.338 Canadian Dollars * Costs: 47.847 Canadian Dollars For more details, check out Ouishare Quebec's great[ **finance and activity report!** ](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xyn_pC6LcxZq5RDnrB2DRgRCNSB94UdO/view?usp=sharing) ### OuiShare Germany * Income: 17.077 € * Costs: 15.484 € # 2018 ## 2018 ### Activities in OuiShare Global Commons | Role | Amount before tax | | -------------------------------------- | ----------------- | | | | | Global Ops Team Facilitation | 1 500 € | | Global Budget Planning | 1 000 € | | Global Admin & Accounting | 3 000 € | | Connectors Management& Opt-in | 750 € | | Financial Reporting | 375 € | | Cobudget Facilitation | pro bono | | Website steward | 1 500 € | | Newsletters - English | 800 € | | Social Media - English | 2 975 € | | Ouishare online magazine | 4500 | | Shared infrastructure (Software tools) | 6 100 € | | Tech maintenance & Support | 4 255 € | | Global Summit | 3 000 € | | Travel Stipends for active members | 4 000 € | | | | | **Total** | **33 755 €** | ## Finances by Country ### OuiShare France * Income: 2 052 922 € * Costs: 1 981 264 € ### OuiShare Spain * Income: 76 299 € * Costs: 80 000 € ### OuiShare Quebec * Income: TBD * Costs: TBD ### OuiShare Germany * Income: 2 948 € * Costs: 3 432 € # 2019 2019 was something of a transition year for Ouishare Global Operations: while the roles and amounts planned drew on the previous year's model, but the budget reality was quite different from 2018. With no major international project, there were insufficient margins to cover as much global operations as previously. This lead to most of the planning and coordination work taking place on a voluntary basis, which can be seen in the difference between the amounts planned and the amounts spent. In 2020, the Global Ops moves forward based on a reduced budget, funded collaboratively through co-budget. NB: the below reporting is reflecting the situation as of 16 June 2020. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, some of the communities' financial closures have been delayed. ### Activities in OuiShare Global Commons | Role | Amount planned (excluding VAT) | Amount spent (excluding VAT) | | ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | ---------------------------- | |

Global Ops Team Facilitation

| €1,500.00 | €0.00 | | Global Budget Planning | €1,000.00 | €0.00 | | Connectors Management & Opt-in | €750.00 | €0.00 | | Global Admin & Accounting | €3,000.00 | €3,000.00 | | Financial Reporting | €375.00 | €0.00 | | Cobudget Facilitation | €0.00 | €0.00 | | **Total: planning, coordination, admin** | **€6,625.00** | **€3,000.00** | | Community building | €3,000.00 | €2,970.00 | | Website Steward | €600.00 | €570.00 | | Newsletters - English | €1,200.00 | €1,170.00 | | Social Media - English | €4,700.00 | €4,670.00 | | Ouishare Online Magazine - English | €3,000.00 | €2,970.00 | | **Total: communication strategy** | **€12,500.00** | **€12,350.00** | | Shared infrastructure - Digital Tools | 5,000.00 | €4,220.00 | | Tech Maintenance & Support | €3,000.00 | €3,000.00 | | **Total: tech tools and maintenance** | **€8,000.00** | **€7,220.00** | | 1 Global Summit logistics | €3,000.00 | €2225.00 | | **GRAND TOTAL** | **€ 26,300.00** | **€24,795.00** | ## Finances by Country ### OuiShare France * Income: * Costs: ### OuiShare Spain * Income: * Costs: ### OuiShare Quebec * Income: * Costs: ### OuiShare Germany * Income: € 86,491.14 * Costs: € 56,347.00 # Collaborative Funding for the commons OuiShare has been experimenting with collaborative funding since 2016. ## How does Cobudget it work? Cobudget is a simple tool based on the concepts of "buckets", which represent budget lines or mini-projects. The tools makes it easy for groups to crowdsource ideas for buckets and then fund them together. [**>> Learn more about Cobudget**](http://cobudget.co) Any one who would like can join our Cobudget group. Get access to the [OuiShare Cobudget](http://cobudget.co/#/groups/80) by asking a Connector or member you are in touch with. If you are already a Connector, you should already have been added to our cobudget group. [**>> Read more about our cobudget setup**](https://handbook.ouishare.net/guides-and-toolkits/collaboration-tools/cobudget-collaborative-funding)