# What We Offer

Source: https://www.opensourceeurope.org/docs/what-we-offer/

Open Source Europe provides the legal and financial infrastructure that open source projects need. Our services let you focus on your code instead of paperwork.

We offer one core service, fiscal hosting. It includes everything you need to run your project professionally.

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## Core Infrastructure

### A Legal Home for Your Project

Operate under our Belgian non-profit association (ASBL/vzw). Your project can then receive funds, manage contracts and act as a single legal entity, without the work and cost of creating its own.

### Transparent Financial Tools

Use the Open Collective platform to manage your budget, receive donations, and pay contributors and expenses with full transparency. Your community and backers can see every transaction in real time, which builds trust and accountability.

### Access to Grants and Funding

Many foundations and companies want to fund open source but find it hard to support unincorporated groups. We act as a trusted intermediary, so your project can receive grants from these larger institutional funders.

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## Why Choose Fiscal Hosting?

This structure suits open source projects that want to focus on their mission without the admin work of formal incorporation. It gives you:

* Immediate legitimacy, with high-level compliance for corporate sponsors.
* Less overhead, with no need for your own accounting or legal teams.
* A place among open source projects that share the same infrastructure.

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## Get Started

To join our community of open source projects:

* [Apply for hosting](https://opencollective.com/europe/apply)
* [Join our Discord](https://discord.gg/TmbRzFBqBa)
* [Contact the team](mailto:home@opensourceeurope.org)