# Managing Project Funds

As an admin of a hosted member project, your project benefits from infrastructure that makes it possible to receive, managing, and spend funds transparently. This section give you everything you need to know about how money flows through your project, and what you're responsible for as an admin.

Whether you're receiving funds from an external program, approving expenses, or want to know how we handle refunds, we've broken the information down into focused subpages so you can find what you need.

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## What You'll Find Here:

* [Handling donation refunds: what projects should know](/for-hosted-member-projects/managing-project-funds/handling-donation-refunds-what-projects-need-to-know.md)
* [GitHub Sponsors overview](/campaigns-and-partnerships/github-sponsors.md)
* [Polar.sh overview](/campaigns-and-partnerships/polar.sh.md)
* [Drips overview](/campaigns-and-partnerships/drips.md)
* [Google Summer of Code overview](/campaigns-and-partnerships/google-summer-of-code.md)
* [Where unknown funds are held](/for-hosted-member-projects/managing-project-funds/holding-unknown-funds.md)
* [Reviewing expenses as an admin](/for-hosted-member-projects/managing-project-funds/reviewing-expenses-as-an-admin.md)
* [Making financial contributions to another open source project](/for-hosted-member-projects/managing-project-funds/giving-to-other-open-source-projects.md)
* [Paying a contractor through Fiverr, Upwork, Ko-fi](https://app.gitbook.com/o/-LWSZizNMEjL8_DrMNdF/s/WyTQOYegtF2WGqciaf2V/~/changes/68/for-hosted-member-projects/managing-project-funds/using-fiverr-upwork-or-ko-fi)


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