# Sustainer Resources

Convincing 'the powers that be' in companies to sustainably support open source is not easy. We acknowledge that there are many heroes inside companies who are fighting that, and we want to support them. This is an open toolkit for sustainers making the case for their companies to support their open source stack.

## Templates

### Email Template

#### Explain the benefits of financial contribution

[**Google Doc**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yViQ4Qq9aqRMfoApTxaHXtG7DDhTFmcfmAencw8ereU/edit?usp=sharing)\*\*\*\*

*This is an email that Vincent Voyer and Josh Dzielak from Algolia used to start a conversation internally about supporting Open Source. They kindly agreed to share it. <3*

### Google Form Template

![](https://github.com/contraexemplo/metadocumentation/tree/7903b8b9909a117e7fa3639b77b89d17760e9995/financial-contributors/.gitbook/assets/image_2_1_vsbdbs.png)

## Testimonials

### From Maintainers

*Please keep adding them <3*

<https://twitter.com/LearnVuejs2/status/1052351082205208577><https://twitter.com/_jscoach/status/930429575867355136> <https://twitter.com/left_pad/status/923697654084726784><https://twitter.com/mweststrate/status/1018928640388730880><https://twitter.com/devongovett/status/1016415051190714368><https://twitter.com/TheAlexLichter/status/1039213736962220032><https://twitter.com/left_pad/status/923696620935421953> <https://twitter.com/nomadtechie/status/923716925397405696><https://twitter.com/flovilmart/status/923720388932259841> <https://twitter.com/flovilmart/status/930964898447855616><https://twitter.com/TheLarkInn/status/1042906557149675520><https://twitter.com/RickCasey/status/943381328329920512> <https://twitter.com/TheLarkInn/status/918924376157777920><https://twitter.com/lencioni/status/987365254731476992><https://twitter.com/nestframework/status/989207884700553221><https://twitter.com/_achopin/status/1053207932811333634><https://twitter.com/bettermediauk/status/1046757512769351680><https://twitter.com/caarlos0/status/1046750313234018306>

### From Sponsors

[Algolia](https://blog.algolia.com/supporting-open-source-projects/)

[TripleByte](https://triplebyte.com/blog/we-re-creating-a-new-source-of-revenue-open-source-software)

[X-Team](https://hackernoon.com/how-webpack-raised-15-000-in-3-months-and-the-future-of-open-source-cb2c9f68fffa)

[Coinbase](https://engineering.coinbase.com/coinbase-open-source-fund-may-june-update-9f6fef200b04)

[Manifold](https://blog.manifold.co/manifold-update-human-peter-ef15771feae0)

[Jetruby](https://expertise.jetruby.com/why-your-it-business-should-support-open-source-658c4b7e650d?gi=5ecf81bfc295)

[Amp](https://amphtml.wordpress.com/2018/01/05/supporting-open-source-sustainability/)

### The case for 'Good for hiring'

Read Trivago's quotes [here](https://medium.com/webpack/trivago-sponsors-webpack-for-second-year-bfe6ca2f0702)

### Collective blog posts

[Babel](https://babeljs.io/blog/2018/07/16/announcing-babels-new-partnership-with-trivago)

[Webpack](https://medium.com/webpack/trivago-sponsors-webpack-for-second-year-bfe6ca2f0702)

[Open EMR](https://www.openemr.blog/post/accepting-donations-on-opencollective/)

[FeathersJS](https://blog.feathersjs.com/flying-into-2018-13bda623f089)

## Tools

### BackYourStack

[https://backyourstack.com](https://backyourstack.com/)

An easy way to surface your organization's dependencies and detect which ones are seeking funding.


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