Sponsoring open source contributors

Learn about sponsorships, payment, and tax information for GitHub Sponsors.

You can make payments through GitHub to a developer or organization who designs, creates, or maintains open source projects you depend on.

You can make payments through Patreon on GitHub.com to a developer or organization who designs, creates, or maintains open source projects you depend on.

You can manage who can see your sponsorship and whether you receive email updates from the sponsored account.

You can attribute the sponsorships paid by one of your organizations to another organization.

Organizations can set up invoicing to sponsor accounts.

You can disconnect your Patreon account from GitHub to stop receiving recognition for Patreon sponsorships on GitHub.