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Stripe—Stripe formalized open source sponsorship program funding 11+ projects across 11 countries

In 2020, Stripe scaled up and formalized its open source sponsorship program, funding 11 different projects on an ongoing basis via GitHub Sponsors and Open Collective. The OSPO team identified critical open source dependencies and committed to ongoing financial support for maintainers in 11 countries. Stripe also maintains ~90 public repositories and open-sourced Sorbet, a Ruby type checker used at the core of its codebase.

Scoring Impact

TopicDirectionRelevanceContribution
Open Source+towardprimary+1.00
Overall incident score =+0.572

Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.57)

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Confirms Partnership Nov 18, 2024 documented

GitHub case study documents Stripe's formalized open source sponsorship program

GitHub Resources documented Stripe's open source sponsorship program, noting the company funds 11+ projects on an ongoing basis via GitHub Sponsors and Open Collective, with maintainers across 11 countries. The OSPO team uses API call and download data to prioritize which projects to fund.

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