Community & Organization
People
The HOT community is made up of volunteers, local community leaders, and professionals committed to the mission of helping reach those in need through maps. This diverse group includes dedicated voting members, staff, contractors, volunteers, interns, and board members. Read more about different community members or learn more about becoming a part of the community.
Community and projects
Working Groups
Working Groups are at the core of how HOT organizes projects,supports disaster response, and functions as a community. Each Working Group consists of members across the community meeting on a monthly, bi-weekly, or weekly basis.
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Community Grants
HOT offers a range of funding programs to OSM Communities in low- and middle-income countries with the resources they need to launch and grow their activities and impact. Learn more about the communities and work that have benefited from grants.
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Mentorship Program
The HOT Community Working Group initiated a Mentorship Program to provide peer to peer learning and knowledge exchange in the humanitarian and open mapping space.
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HOT OpenSummit '23-24
HOT’s OpenSummit ‘23-24 is ON!
Get ready for a year of global events that focus on collective action within the humanitarian open mapping community.
With the success of the unSummit, and with a little bit of rebranding, we are very excited to launch this year’s HOT OpenSummit ‘23-24 and open our call for collaborations so more communities and organizations around the world bring their events as part of this global movement.
Financials and Organization
HOT is a global not-for-profit organization registered in the United States of America.
As part of our obligations as a 501(c)3 registered organization, we make our financial filings (known as “Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax”) available for public inspection. HOT’s 2012 - 2021 returns are posted below. Any further questions can be directed to the Board of Directors, specifically the Treasurer.
Access older financial reports and organization bylaws in our archive here.
Download 2021 990 PDF2022-23 Annual Report
Each year we publish an annual impact report to recap projects and share updates from the community. We cover stories from our projects and share data about the successes and impact of the community.
Download our latest annual report below. Access our annual report archive here.
Access 2022-23 Annual Report