# Do we need a formal, democratic, non-profit Organization for organizing the Nextcloud community? **URL:** \ **Category:** 🏷️ General\ **Created:** [May 10, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/do-we-need-a-formal-democratic-non-profit-organization-for-organizing-the-nextcloud-community/115947 "2021-05-10T13:49:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 37
**Author:** ![Halle\_Luja](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/halle_luja/32/39485_2.png) [@Halle\_Luja](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Halle_Luja)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/do-we-need-a-formal-democratic-non-profit-organization-for-organizing-the-nextcloud-community/115947/37 "2021-07-19T08:56:49Z")
I started a new thread in order to discuss a specific option: > [@Cooperation with techcultivation.org to support community based Nexctloud development](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/cooperation-with-techcultivation-org-to-support-community-based-nexctloud-development/120441): > > An additional and independent structure could be helpful to make it easier to support the development of Nextcloud financially and put a stronger focus on the needs and wishes of the community. I recently spoke with Susanne from the [Center for the Cultivation of Technology](https://techcultivation.org) and they are open for a partnership with the Nextcloud community. What is it about? The Center for the Cultivation of Technology is a charitable non-profit host organization for international Free Software projects. It is… --- _[View the full topic](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/do-we-need-a-formal-democratic-non-profit-organization-for-organizing-the-nextcloud-community/115947)._