# COLLECTIVES - [Collectives](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/collectives.md): Thinking of starting a project? Get legal status and receive, send, and manage your money transparently on Open Collective - [Creating a Collective](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/creating-a-collective.md): Create a dedicated page for your community. Take the first steps today towards sustainability. Learn how to create your collective today. - [Creating Your Policies](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/creating-a-collective/creating-your-policies.md): Creating policies on Open Collective gives contributors and expense submitters clarity on what they need to do to meet your standards. - [Security for Collectives](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/creating-a-collective/security-for-collectives.md): Collectives have some additional policy tools at their disposal to reduce risks. Read more about two-factor authentication enforcement. - [Linking Connected Collectives](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/creating-a-collective/linking-connected-collectives.md): Connect your Collective page on Open Collective to signpost users to related or spinoff Collectives. - [Choosing a Fiscal Host](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/choosing-a-fiscal-host.md): Choosing the right Fiscal Host is an important step in making the most of Open Collective. Follow this guide to ensure you find the perfect match. - [Raising Money](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/raising-money.md): Link your Collective to your website, chat platforms and social media accounts to raise awareness and donations. - [Setting Goals and Tiers](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/raising-money/setting-goals-and-tiers.md): Setting financial goals and support tiers on Open Collective allows your Collective to be clear about your targets, encourage contributions and track your progress - [Customising Thank You Emails](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/raising-money/customising-thank-you-emails.md): Customize the automatic emails that your community receives when they make a contribution or you post an event or project. - [Adding Donation Buttons, Badges and Banners](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/raising-money/adding-donation-buttons-badges-and-banners.md): You can showcase your Collective contributors and invite donations by displaying buttons and information from your profile to your own website. - [Adding Embeds to your Website](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/raising-money/adding-embeds-to-your-website.md): You can embed selected pages from your Open Collective fundraising pages on your own website using embed links. - [Creating Custom Fundraising URLs](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/raising-money/creating-custom-fundraising-urls.md): If you want to create a link to a specific part of your Open Collective fundraising page on your website, you can amend your URL with the following options. - [Rejecting and Refunding Financial Contributions](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/raising-money/rejecting-and-refunding-financial-contributions.md): Using our moderation features, you can reject and refund donations or block certain people or groups from contributing to your Collective. - [Managing Money](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/managing-money.md): All Collectives on Open Collective have transparent ledgers which are visible to all. Find out how to track your incomings and outgoings and plan for the future. - [Budgets](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/managing-money/budgets.md): We’ve designed our budgets so that they are open and transparent. This means that everyone is able to follow what money is coming in, and how it is spent. - [Projects](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/managing-money/projects.md): You can set up a Project on Open Collective if you want to work on a mission or fundraiser around a specific initiative or idea. - [Moving money](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/managing-money/moving-money.md): Find out about moving money between Projects, Events and their parent Collectives. - [Tagging expenses](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/managing-money/tagging-expenses.md): Tag expenses to categorize and organize your project's expenditure. - [Spending Money](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/spending-money.md): You can use Open Collective to approve and reject expenses submitted to your Collective, and track their progress. - [Inviting a Third Party to Submit an Expense](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/spending-money/inviting-a-third-party-to-submit-an-expense.md): If you want to encourage a third-party to submit an expense on the platform, you can create an expense and invite them to complete it - [Events](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/events.md): Use Open Collective to set up Events for your Collective community. Create tickets and attribute the money straight to your budget. - [Changing Fiscal Host](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/changing-fiscal-host.md): Your Fiscal Host holds your money on your behalf. When you want to move to a new Fiscal Host you will need to withdraw all of your funds or transfer the balance to a new Fiscal Host. - [Closing a Collective](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/closing-a-collective.md): Discover how to archive or delete your Collective on Open Collective. - [Zero Collective Balance](https://documentation.opencollective.com/collectives/closing-a-collective/zero-collective-balance.md): In order to close a Collective, you'll need to first ensure that your balance is zero. 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