# Organizations ## What is an Organization? An Organization is a profile that represents a a legal entity instead of an individual. Company's that beome sponsors, as well as legal entities that are hosts are Organizations on Open Collective. ## Why Create an Organization? * Have your company show up as a sponsor of Collectives * Enable your employees to support Collectives on behalf of your company * Make [bulk transfers](https://documentarians.gitbook.io/metadocumentation/clone/backers-and-sponsors/bulk-transfers) so you can send money once and distribute it to Collectives as you wish * Create a profile to host (become a fiscal sponsor) for a project. [Read more about hosts](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/hosts) ## **How to** Create an Organization **If you already have an individual profile** Go to your profile menu (top right) and look for the My Organizations section. Click '+New'. Once set up, you will be able to select your individual or organization profile when making a contribution. **If you don't have an individual profile yet** Go through the process of contributing to a Collective, and you'll be able to create both the individual and organization profile during check out. ## How to Edit an Organization Head to the top right menu to navigate to your Organization profile (make sure you're logged into your Organization, not your personal account). Click "edit Organization" to change: * **Info:** name, description, website, twitter * **Images:** logo and cover picture * **Members:** add organization members * **Payment methods:** View, edit and change payment methods (credit cards), and set a monthly spending limit * **Advanced:** change your Organization's URL Don't forget to click **save!** ## **How to access an Organization's subscriptions** The subscriptions link in your user menu will take you to your personal subscriptions. To access your Organization's subscriptions, go to the Organization's page and click "subscriptions" in the nav bar menu. From there you can access the action options to update amount or payment method, or cancel the subscription. ![](https://2682340432-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LnScH_KG1YJixOv0LJB%2F-Ls-AJlbuiL8iVARH02B%2F-Ls-ARn3wUitrwZf1yV_%2Fscreen-shot-2019-05-28-at-12.44.15-pm%20\(1\).png?generation=1571961032818283\&alt=media) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://documentarians.gitbook.io/metadocumentation/clone/backers-and-sponsors/organizations.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.