--- title: How to fund Rust contributors | daily.dev description: The Rust Project outlines three concrete ways to fund its contributors. Donate to the Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund or sponsor the RustNL Maintainers Team... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-fund-rust-contributors-fekukfzyr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to fund Rust contributors | daily.dev og:description: The Rust Project outlines three concrete ways to fund its contributors. Donate to the Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund or sponsor the RustNL Maintainers Team... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-fund-rust-contributors-fekukfzyr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fEKuKfzyR.png og:image:alt: How to fund Rust contributors 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. # How to fund Rust contributors **[Rust](https://daily.dev/sources/rust)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Rust Project outlines three concrete ways to fund its contributors. Donate to the Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund or sponsor the RustNL Maintainers Team to cover general maintenance. Sponsor specific fundable Rust Project Goals. Or support individual contributors directly through their GitHub Sponsors accounts. Companies can also join the free Rust Commercial Network to coordinate funding, or fund roles like the Rust Foundation's Engineer in Residence. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How can I donate money to support Rust language development? There are three main paths: fund general maintenance by donating to the Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund or sponsoring the RustNL Maintainers Team, fund specific features by sponsoring a fundable Rust Project Goal, or fund individual contributors directly via their GitHub Sponsors accounts. Companies can also join the free Rust Commercial Network to coordinate funding efforts. _Developers weighing where open-source dollars go can track funding models like this on daily.dev._ ### What is the Rust Commercial Network and does it cost anything to join? The Rust Commercial Network is a group companies can join to find opportunities for funding Rust improvements in areas like user interfaces, language interop, and supply chain security, and to collaborate with other companies on funding Rust development. Joining is free, and Rust Foundation membership is not required to participate. _Teams evaluating how to invest in their Rust toolchain can follow initiatives like this on daily.dev._ ### What is the Engineer in Residence role at the Rust Foundation? The Engineer in Residence is a role recently established at the Rust Foundation as one model for companies to fund Rust contributors by effectively hiring them to do upstream work. It represents an alternative to direct donations, letting organizations support Rust development through employment rather than sponsorship. _Anyone tracking new ways companies back critical open-source projects can follow it on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Making it easier to sponsor Rust contributors](https://daily.dev/posts/making-it-easier-to-sponsor-rust-contributors-xqwfmuwaa) · Rust · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Help Fund the People Who Build Rust](https://daily.dev/posts/help-fund-the-people-who-build-rust-uol2uyplb) · Rust Foundation · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Launching the Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund](https://daily.dev/posts/launching-the-rust-foundation-maintainers-fund-w5yvmuraj) · Rust · 33 upvotes · 1 comments - [Funding team progress update — July 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/funding-team-progress-update-july-2026-jkzcrd0wb) · Inside Rust Blog · 5 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-fund-rust-contributors-fekukfzyr) ```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":"How to fund Rust contributors","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-fund-rust-contributors-fekukfzyr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-fund-rust-contributors-fekukfzyr"},"datePublished":"2026-10-26T11:33:28.953Z","dateModified":"2026-10-26T11:40:46.905Z","description":"The Rust Project outlines three concrete ways to fund its contributors. 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