The Nano Collective sponsorship program is now live

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The Nano Collective has launched its sponsorship program. The short version: organisations and individuals can now sponsor the collective directly, and all funds are managed transparently via Open Source Collective.

How it works

Sponsorship is recurring. There are three productised tiers plus a bespoke door:

• Individual ($5, $25, or $100/month, self-serve via Open Collective)
• Supporter ($250/month, for companies and indie teams that want a visible association)
• Builder ($1,000/month, for infrastructure companies and aligned foundations that want sustained visibility)
• Bespoke: for larger or custom arrangements; terms agreed and published before the relationship begins

Sponsorship does not have to be cash. We also welcome non-cash support such as cloud and API credits, compute, software licenses, and hardware. In-kind contributions are recognised on the same basis as the cash tiers; because no money changes hands, there is no Open Collective sign-up for them, and the core team works out the equivalent value with the sponsor directly.

All tier details, perk descriptions, and placement options are on the sponsorship page.

Where the money goes

Funds flow through Open Source Collective. Every transaction: inbound and outbound, is visible on the public ledger in real time.

In practice: one share covers the cost of running the collective (infrastructure, hosting, the basics needed to keep projects healthy). The remainder goes to the community fund, which pays bounties to OSS contributors. The split and the mechanisms are documented in the Economics Charter. There are no hidden allocations, no management fees beyond what OSC charges, and no profit-taking.

The four shipped projects

Nanocoder, Nanotune, get-md, and json-up. Independent, community-led work, open-source, no investors, no profit motive. The Support page has the full current picture.

On the sponsor wall

The sponsor wall is empty at launch. This is not a gap to apologise for: it's the framing. Early sponsors lock in the rate and help set the tone for everyone who comes after.

Operational docs

For anyone who wants the mechanical detail: onboarding flows, offboarding procedures, logo specs, and logo placement, all of that is documented in the Sponsors section on the docs site. Reach out via Discord if you have a question the docs do not cover.

Details: https://nanocollective.org/sponsor