sponsors

We’ve streamlined the process for organizations to request invoices as a payment option for GitHub Sponsors. The service agreement for invoiced payments has moved out of the invoice request flow and added to the GitHub Sponsors additional terms.

If your organization is already receiving invoices for Sponsorships, there’s no need to worry. Your invoicing and current agreement will remain unchanged.

For more information on invoice payments for GitHub Sponsors, please visit Paying for GitHub Sponsors by Invoice.”

We’ve simplified the signup flow to make it easier for maintainers to join Sponsors. If you’re in a supported region, your profile will be accepted immediately.

If you live in a region that isn’t already supported by GitHub Sponsors, you can sign up for the waitlist to participate in GitHub Sponsors. For a list of supported regions, see GitHub Sponsors.

Haven’t signed up for GitHub Sponsors yet? Join now at GitHub Sponsors.

Sponsors now supports Polar and Buy Me a Coffee as funding platform options. Check out our documentation to learn more about funding files.

Sponsoring multiple projects for multiple months just got easier. You can set up sponsorships for your dependencies in a CSV, review and edit the recurring sponsorships, and checkout in one transaction.

Read the documentation for details or go to Sponsors Explore to get started. Let us know what you think.

Opt-in and opt-out options enhanced to easily subscribe or unsubscribe from sponsorship related notifications.

Head to the settings page of your Sponsors profile to update your email preferences.

Invoiced sponsors can now opt to pay for new sponsorships in full, the prorated amount or delay payment until your next billing cycle date.

Learn more about schedule sponsorships.

GitHub Sponsors is now available in 35 new regions! You can now sign up for Sponsors if you have a bank account and tax residence in any of the following regions:

• Albania
• Antigua & Barbuda
• Armenia
• Bahrain
• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Cambodia
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Kuwait
• Macao SAR China
• Madagascar
• Malaysia
• Mauritius
• Moldova
• Mongolia
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• North Macedonia
• Oman
• Panama
• Qatar
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• Sri Lanka
• St. Lucia
• Tanzania
• Uzbekistan and Vietnam

You can sponsor projects from wherever GitHub does business and join the Sponsors waitlist if we’re not yet in your region.

You can now link your GitHub and Patreon accounts to start sponsoring projects. When the two accounts are linked and sponsorships are made on Patreon, you'll receive sponsorship recognition on GitHub.

Learn more about our integration with Patreon.

As an organization, you can request invoices for projects you sponsor right from your account.

Already being invoiced for your sponsorships? Top off your balance by requesting a new invoice from the invoice section of your sponsors dashboard.

Learn more about paying for GitHub Sponsors by invoice.

Choosing who to sponsor and sponsoring many of your dependencies is now a lot easier! Starting today you can export your list of sponsorable dependencies from the Sponsors Explore page, this gives you a great starting point when making your GitHub Sponsors selections. Once you've made those selections you can upload them in a CSV, review and edit the one-time sponsorships, and checkout in one transaction.

Read the documentation for details or go to Sponsors Explore and get started. Let us know what you think.

Starting today you'll see a project or a user's past sponsorships (either one-time, or recurring) displayed on their Sponsors profile in addition to the current sponsorships, which have always been displayed. This gives a better picture of the all-time sponsorship activity – let us know what you think in our feedback discussion!

As previously mentioned, starting today, all Sponsors profiles will have custom amounts enabled by default. This means if you have a GitHub Sponsors profile, people can sponsor you for a dollar amount they choose, rather than just the amounts you published. This will simplify setting up Sponsors profiles as well as make it easier for users to make sponsorships.

For maintainers who did not have custom amounts previously enabled, and therefore had no minimum, we set a minimum based on their lowest tier value. If you prefer to change your minimum custom amount, you can do so via the Sponsors dashboard. Learn more about managing sponsorship tiers.