14. Open source funding
11 records. Official 9, secondary 0, unverified 1. JSON
GitHub Sponsors official live
14 Open source funding · Sponsorship · platform
Sells or earns: recurring and one-time sponsorships
0% on personal-account sponsorships; up to 6% on organization sponsorships (3% card + 3% service; card fee avoidable by invoice)
Payout: per GitHub payout · Eligibility: 140+ countries · Notes: Matching Fund closed
Open Collective official (platform) live
14 Open source funding · Fiscal hosting · platform
Sells or earns: collective fundraising
Platform Tips or 5% crowdfunding fee; hosts pay $0/$60/$320 per month tiers; fiscal host fee separate (OSC 10% widely cited, unverified)
Payout: per host · Eligibility: collective under a fiscal host
Polar official live
14 Open source funding · Merchant of record · platform
Sells or earns: licenses, subscriptions, donations for devs
Starter 5% + $0.50; Pro $20/mo 3.8% + $0.40; Growth $100/mo 3.6% + $0.35; Scale $400/mo 3.4% + $0.30; +1.5% non-US cards
Payout: $10 USD / 13 EUR / 15 GBP-CHF / 40 other; 4-7 business days via Stripe; $2/mo active + 0.25% + $0.25 per payout · Eligibility: account · Notes: $15 per chargeback; individuals accepted where Stripe Connect Express allows; KYC with ID and selfie; Polar carries VAT, GST and US sales tax liability (official, 2026-09-05)
thanks.dev / Drips official (Drips mechanism); thanks.dev unverified live
14 Open source funding · Dependency funding · platform
Sells or earns: dependency-weighted funding
Drips: on-chain streaming via Drip Lists, fees unstated; thanks.dev blocked
Eligibility: GitHub repo
Tidelift observed redirect changed
14 Open source funding · Maintainer income · program
Sells or earns: paid maintenance tasks
page redirects to SonarSource; status unverified
Eligibility: n/a
NLnet Foundation official live
14 Open source funding · Grants · grant
Sells or earns: open technology projects
EUR 5,000-50,000 first grants; next deadline 2026-11-03
Eligibility: open licences; technical development
GitHub Secure Open Source Fund official live
14 Open source funding · Grants · grant
Sells or earns: security-focused maintainer program
$10,000 per project ($6,000 + $2,000 + $2,000 milestones); 3-week program
Payout: milestones · Eligibility: maintainers 18+; teams up to 3; rolling applications
Sovereign Tech Agency (Sovereign Tech Fund) official (SPRIND) + secondary live
14 Open source funding · Grants · grant
Sells or earns: open digital infrastructure
EUR 50,000 minimum per project, no fixed ceiling, awards to ~EUR 1M (KDE EUR 1,285,200 for 2026-27); ~EUR 18.5M across 45+ technologies per SPRIND, EUR 24.6M+ across 60+ projects per 2026 coverage; also Bug Resilience, Contribute Back Challenges, Fellowship for Maintainers
Eligibility: application; open base technologies · Notes: agency site blocked
FLOSS/fund official live
14 Open source funding · Grants · grant
Sells or earns: FOSS projects
$1M/yr; May 2025 tranche $325K to 9 projects
Eligibility: funding.json submission
Open Source Pledge official live
14 Open source funding · Pledges · program
Sells or earns: company pledges to maintainers
$2,000+ per employed dev per year; $7.27M raised
Eligibility: companies join; maintainers receive directly
Algora official (scope) live
14 Open source funding · Bounties · marketplace
Sells or earns: open source bounties, contracts, hiring
fees not on homepage
Eligibility: developer account