--- title: $100 million for open source: A milestone built by the... description: GitHub Sponsors has surpassed $100 million in total funding distributed to open source maintainers and projects since launching in 2019. The program now... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/100-million-for-open-source-a-milestone-built-by-the-community-47un6vrrj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: $100 million for open source: A milestone built by the community | daily.dev og:description: GitHub Sponsors has surpassed $100 million in total funding distributed to open source maintainers and projects since launching in 2019. The program now... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/100-million-for-open-source-a-milestone-built-by-the-community-47un6vrrj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/47Un6Vrrj.png og:image:alt: $100 million for open source: A milestone built by the community og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # $100 million for open source: A milestone built by the community **[GitHub Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ghblog)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub Sponsors has surpassed $100 million in total funding distributed to open source maintainers and projects since launching in 2019. The program now supports over 70,000 maintainers and organizations, with more than 280,000 sponsors ranging from individual developers to Fortune 500 companies across 103 regions. Growth is accelerating — the most recent $10 million milestone was reached in just five months compared to nearly two years for the first $10 million. Organizations are a key driver, with each org-sponsored contribution worth roughly 15x the average individual sponsorship. Maintainers like Caleb Porzio (Livewire, Alpine.js) and Sebastián Ramírez (FastAPI) credit the program with enabling full-time open source work. Despite the milestone, significant funding gaps remain and maintainer burnout continues to threaten the software supply chain. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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