Urbanists.Social
We run a Mastodon server for people into bikes, transit, and walkable cities.

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Financial Contributions
Top financial contributors
Individuals
$420.14 USD since Nov 2022
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Organizations
$250 USD since Jan 2023
Urbanists.Social is all of us
Our contributors 120
Thank you for supporting Urbanists.Social.
Sam Wight
$420 USD
Zak Patterson
$200 USD
Fidelity Char...
$250 USD
Michael McLean
backer
$193 USD
Noel Hidalgo
backer
$150 USD
cyklista
$150 USD
Hannonizer
backer
$100 USD
Sean McMains
$100 USD
Incognito
$64 USD
Marty Cormack
backer
$60 USD
Tor Lillqvist
$60 USD
Ben Fulton
$51 USD

Budget
Transparent and open finances.
$1,745.33 USD
$4,179.97 USD
$2,434.64 USD
$5,448.37 USD
Expenses
Expenses paid
44
Amount disbursed
$4,221.26
Tags | # of Expenses | Amount (USD) |
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server costs | 16 | $1,771.93 |
urbanists.social | 14 | $1,732.11 |
no tag | 1 | $365.13 |
operating costs | 10 | $250.41 |
odd.town | 2 | $60.75 |
one-off expenses | 1 | $40.93 |
Contributions
Contributions received
125
Amount collected
$4,333.22
Tiers | # of Contributions | Amount (USD) |
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recurring | 62 | $2,562.00 |
one-time | 63 | $1,771.22 |

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About
A place for urbanists to connect with each other
This OpenCollective exists to:
- Give our users more confidence in choosing us as their new internet home. Our budget is completely transparent. Anyone can look and see how many months of funding we have, how much we're spending on server costs, etc.
- Ensure the longevity of our Mastodon server. Our server costs are not huge. If even only a few users give a little bit monthly, we're able to cover them no problem. Running this as a collective allows us to provide a safe, ad-free, non-commodified social media experience on the web.
About our budget
Here's our current server costs:
- Masto.Host - $1320/yr ($110 monthly). We're on the Galaxy plan with the ElasticSearch addon and no other addons. We pay for this monthly, not annually.
- Google Domains - $30/yr. We pay for this annually.
- Email account - $47/yr. We use Proton and pay yearly.
- Phone number - $30/yr. We need a phone number to list publicly on the DMCA designated directory. We purchase a phone number to protect the privacy of our agent. This is paid for yearly.
- Mailing address - $240/yr. We need a mailing address to list publicly on the DMCA designated agent directory. We purchase a mailing address to protect the privacy of our agent (so they don't have to list their address publicly). This is paid for monthly.
Our team
Sam Wight
Zak Patterson