GitHub Sponsors
Open Source Collective is an approved fiscal host for GitHub Sponsors
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Open Source Collective is an approved fiscal host for GitHub Sponsors
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Open Source Collective (OSC) hosted member projects can use Open Collective to receive financial support through GitHub Sponsors.
GitHub and Open Collective work together to ensure that any project registered on GitHub Sponsors, that uses Open Collective to manage its money, will receive that money automatically on a monthly basis.
Simply sponsor the project on GitHub, and we'll do the rest.
To register your project for GitHub Sponsors you will need:
A GitHub organization (not an individual user account) that hosts your repository/repositories on GitHub. You can create a GitHub organization by following .
A on the Open Collective platform for your open source project. You will need to use Open Source Collective as your fiscal host.
Organizations on Open Collective are not the same as Organizations on GitHub. You must create a Collective in order to manage your project's finances on Open Collective.
To register for GitHub Sponsors, follow these steps:
Visit and sign your Github organization up for the Sponsors waitlist:
Select: "This organization is using a fiscal host" and select Open Source Collective from the menu.
Add your Collective's URL to the 'Fiscal host project profile URL' box (for example: )
Click Join Waitlist.
GitHub staff will review your application, and you'll be notified when you can proceed to the next step.
GitHub sends payments to GitHub Sponsors participants on a monthly basis. We allocate these payments when we receive them, typically at the end of the calendar month.
Funds will be automatically added to your project's Open Collective balance, minus our 10% administration fee, at the end of each month. You'll see 'GitHub Sponsors' listed as the source of these funds.
If you have not received a payment that you expected by the end of the month, please contact us.
We process payouts from GitHub on a monthly basis, typically at the end of the calendar month or 1st week of the following month.
The standard Open Collective and Open Source Collective fees apply to funds raised via GitHub Sponsors: 10%. GitHub does not charge a fee.
Confusingly, GitHub and Open Collective use the word "organization" to mean two different things.
On GitHub, you need to create an Organization to use Sponsors for your project.
On Open Collective, you need to create a Collective for your project.
Organizations on Open Collective are a different profile type, for companies who sponsor open source projects, i.e. designed for paying money out, not accepting money like Collectives.
