Architecture

Collectives
In Open Collective, every entity is a collective and can be accessed publicly via their unique slug https://opencollective.com/:slug. In our public API, Collectives are usually refered to as Accounts. You can think about it like "profiles" that's what we really store in that table.
A Collective can be of type:
COLLECTIVE e.g. Webpack​
EVENT e.g. BrusselsTogether Meetup 4​
ORGANIZATION e.g. iDoneThis, DigitalOcean, etc.
USER e.g. xdamman​
PROJECT
FUND
Members
A Member connects two profiles together. It can have multiple roles (one role per row):
HOST legal holder of the bank account that holds the money on behalf of the collective
ADMIN users who can approve expenses for the collective
MEMBER aka core contributors
BACKER users who gave money to the collective
Orders
An Order is the intent to give money to an Account. It is created by a UserId on behalf of a collective (which can be their own UserCollective or any other Collective that they are a member of).
Attributes:
Attribute
Definition
Example
UserCollectiveId
User who created the order
/xdamman
FromCollectiveId
Source of the money
/digitalocean
CollectiveId
Destination of the money
/webpack
currency
currency of the ToCollectiveId
USD
amount
amount in cents
10000
SubscriptionId
References recurring subscription
​
status
status of the order
PENDING -> APPROVED|REJECTED -> PAID
Transactions
A Transaction records money moving from one account to another ac. In this example, a collective webpack is giving €100 to Women Who Code Berlin hosted by Women Who Code 501(c)(3).
Attribute
Definition
Example
OrderId
References the order
1
FromCollectiveId
Source of the money (virtual account)
/webpack
ToCollectiveId
Destination of the money (virtual account)
/wwcodeberlin
PaymentMethodId
Payment method (e.g. if there wasn't enough funds in the FromCollectiveId)
NULL
FromHostId
Source of the money
/opensource
ToHostId
Destination of the money
/wwcode
FromHostAmount
total amount in cents paid by the host of the FromCollectiveId in the currency of the host
-11481 (-$114.81)
FromCollectiveAmount
total amount that increases/decreases the balance of the FromCollectiveId in the currency of the FromCollectiveId
-11481
paymentProcessorFeesInHostCurrency
fees for the payment processor in cents
​
hostFeesInHostCurrency
fees for the host in cents in the currency of the host (which might be different than the currency of the collective, e.g. WWCode (USD) and WWCode Berlin (EUR)
574 (5% of €100 in USD)
platformFeesInHostCurrency
fees for the platform (Open Collective)
574 (5% of €100 in USD)
ToHostAmount
net amount in cents received by the host of the ToCollectiveId in the currency of the ToHostId
9630 (€100 - (2.9% + $0.30) - €5 platform fee)
ToCollectiveAmount
total amount that increases/decreases the balance of the ToCollectiveId in the currency of the order
9580 (€96.30 - €5 host fee)
FromHostCurrency
currency of the FromHostId
USD
FromCollectiveCurrency
currency of the FromCollectiveId
USD
ToCollectiveCurrency
currency of the collective that receives the money
EUR
ToHostCurrency
currency of the order (currency of the ToCollectiveId)
USD
fxrate
Foreign eXchange Rate from the currency of the order (ToCollectiveCurrency) to the currency of the host of the FromCollectiveId (float)
1.15
Note: The Collective currency might be different than the Host Currency (both for the source "From" and the recipient "To"). The fxrate only takes into account the conversion between ToCollectiveCurrency to ToHostId.

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