--- title: Funding team progress update — July 2026 | daily.dev description: The Rust funding team provides a progress update on the Maintainer in Residence (MiR) program, established to offer stable financial support to Rust project... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/funding-team-progress-update-july-2026-jkzcrd0wb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Funding team progress update — July 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The Rust funding team provides a progress update on the Maintainer in Residence (MiR) program, established to offer stable financial support to Rust project... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/funding-team-progress-update-july-2026-jkzcrd0wb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jKzCRD0Wb.png og:image:alt: Funding team progress update — July 2026 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. # Funding team progress update — July 2026 **[Inside Rust Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/insiderustblog)** · 10 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Rust funding team provides a progress update on the Maintainer in Residence (MiR) program, established to offer stable financial support to Rust project maintainers. Key highlights include $350K raised so far, 45 individuals expressing interest in funding across various Rust teams, and a survey showing 35% of active contributors receive no compensation despite averaging 40 hours/month of work. The team has settled on flat-rate monthly compensation ($1K–$10K depending on activity level), year-long contracts with renewal expectations, and a priority framework for selecting which teams to fund first. The short-list of priority teams includes rustup, rustfmt, clippy, rustdoc, libs, cargo, and mods. An announcement of the first MiR selections is expected by end of August. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much does the Rust Foundation pay Maintainers in Residence per month? The Rust Foundation pays a flat monthly rate independent of geography, based on expected activity level: $10K USD for full-time (about 40 hours/week), $5K for half-time (~20h/wk), $2K for a day a week (~8h/wk), and $1K for half a day a week (~4h/wk). These are payments to the person or entity, not gross salary or take-home pay, so net pay varies by jurisdiction. _Anyone weighing paid open source maintenance work can compare rate structures like this one on daily.dev._ ### What is the Maintainer in Residence (MiR) program in the Rust project? It is a Rust Foundation initiative offering open-ended, year-long contracts to fund Rust maintainers so they can focus on maintenance work like triage, PR review backlogs, or major refactors that teams lack time for. Contracts are expected but not guaranteed to renew annually, pay a flat monthly rate, and are non-exclusive, meaning recipients can take other contracts on the side. _Developers tracking how open source maintenance gets funded can follow programs like this one on daily.dev._ ### Which Rust teams are prioritized first for Maintainer in Residence funding? The initial short-list covers rustup, rustfmt, clippy, rustdoc, libs, cargo, and mods, selected using axioms that prioritize end-user impact, dire needs, work with no natural corporate sponsor, scaling to demand, and readiness to start soonest. Of 45 individuals who expressed interest in funding, 21 came from the compiler team area, the largest single group. _Contributors deciding where to focus maintenance effort can track funding priorities like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Launching the Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund](https://daily.dev/posts/launching-the-rust-foundation-maintainers-fund-w5yvmuraj) · Rust · 33 upvotes · 1 comments - [Program management update — April 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/program-management-update-april-2026-ykyw7hx2s) · Inside Rust Blog · 23 upvotes · 1 comments - [Program management update — March 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/program-management-update-march-2026-se6whqlh2) · Inside Rust Blog · 8 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/funding-team-progress-update-july-2026-jkzcrd0wb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Funding team progress update — July 2026","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/funding-team-progress-update-july-2026-jkzcrd0wb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/funding-team-progress-update-july-2026-jkzcrd0wb"},"datePublished":"2026-08-04T13:29:56.483Z","dateModified":"2026-10-15T02:22:34.496Z","description":"The Rust funding team provides a progress update on the Maintainer in Residence (MiR) program, established to offer stable financial support to Rust project...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/10c030b2429f801a5aed8756bdece9d2?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/10c030b2429f801a5aed8756bdece9d2?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Inside Rust Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Inside Rust Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/dac5ded91c53479ba19948cc58333757","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/insiderustblog"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/funding-team-progress-update-july-2026-jkzcrd0wb","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,rust","timeRequired":"PT10M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Inside Rust Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/insiderustblog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Funding team progress update — July 2026"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/funding-team-progress-update-july-2026-jkzcrd0wb#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How much does the Rust Foundation pay Maintainers in Residence per month?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The Rust Foundation pays a flat monthly rate independent of geography, based on expected activity level: $10K USD for full-time (about 40 hours/week), $5K for half-time (~20h/wk), $2K for a day a week (~8h/wk), and $1K for half a day a week (~4h/wk). 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