Help for Sponsors
Fund the work on Exponential: why sponsorship matters, what it pays for and how to sponsor 7x and the Foundation.
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Support Exponential
Exponential is free software. Every new feature, help page, extension, theme and application is work that somebody pays for with their time. A sustaining monthly sponsorship, of any size, keeps that work going and lets it grow.
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7x
The company that leads Exponential and the first sponsor of the project: it develops, supports and hosts it and makes the releases.
Your sponsorship pays for:
- Monthly releases and the work that keeps the lights on
- Security patches to the libraries Exponential builds on, such as Zeta Components
- New features given back to the community as open source
- The bridges, forks and tools around the platform
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Exponential Foundation
The nonprofit that operates the open source project and is dedicated to its funding, adoption, support, education, development, promotion and documentation.
Your sponsorship pays for:
- Maintenance of the core libraries
- Documentation, tutorials, how-tos and FAQs
- Integration layers: GraphQL, REST and Solr
- Community infrastructure: chat, mirrors, wikis and developer resources
A monthly sponsorship, even a small one, is planned income: it pays for work that one-time gifts cannot keep going. What sponsorship funds
Start here
Read these pages in this order.
- Sponsors: start here The landing page for sponsors of Exponential. Why sustaining funding matters, the two GitHub Sponsors pages...
- Community: start here The landing page for Exponential Community members - the people who use, contribute to, promote and develop...
- Give and donate: fund the work on Exponential The "Give Support" page of exponential.earth explained - becoming a partner, donating, a sustaining support...
- The Exponential Foundation for reporters The Exponential Foundation for journalists - what the nonprofit is, its mission in its own words, what it f...
- Two organizations, one project How the Exponential Foundation and 7x relate, side by side - company and nonprofit, roles, copyright, spons...
- Two organizations, two sponsor pages Why Exponential has two GitHub Sponsors pages - 7x (se7enxweb) and the Exponential Foundation (exponentialc...
Good to know
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Sponsoring 7x on GitHub
The GitHub Sponsors page of 7x (se7enxweb) - what 7x says it offers sponsors, every tier as listed on 18 October 2026 from $2 a month to large contracts, how to choose a tier, and what the tiers promise and do not…
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Sponsoring the Exponential Foundation
The GitHub Sponsors page of the Exponential Foundation (exponentialcms) - what the Foundation says it focuses on, every tier as listed on 18 October 2026, the Foundation's own donation options and its tax statement, and…
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The Exponential Foundation in the ecosystem
The role of the Exponential Foundation in the ecosystem - a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in Seattle on 19 March 2026 that operates the project, its mission, what it decides, what the sources do not say about it, and how…
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What sponsorship funds
What money given to 7x and to the Exponential Foundation pays for, in the organizations' own words - maintenance, releases, PHP support, security, documentation, extensions, infrastructure, community - and what the…
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Recognition and credit in the community
How Exponential credits the people who contribute - authorship in the Git history, the documentation's copyright notice, credit for other projects, sponsor recognition by tier, partner levels and points - and what is…
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Funding the community
Where the money and time that keep Exponential alive come from, the two organizations you can sponsor and how they differ, partnership as a way for companies to fund the project, and how individuals with any budget can…
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Key pages
All pages for Sponsors- Other ways to give money Ways to fund 7x and the Exponential Foundation besides GitHub Sponsors - PayPal, Patreon, Venmo, Cash App, the Foundation's donation page...
- How sponsors are recognized The recognition that the two GitHub Sponsors listings offer by tier - profile badges, shoutouts, README and website listings, release not...
- Billing, receipts and tax What the sources say about paying for a sponsorship - GitHub's billing, receipts, fees and invoice option, the limited information GitHub...
- Sponsoring as a company How companies and organizations sponsor 7x and the Exponential Foundation - sponsoring from an organization account, invoices and fees, c...
- Story: funding and sponsors A feature story about who pays for Exponential - 7x's contributions and services, the Exponential Foundation founded in 2026, two GitHub...
- 7x, the first sponsor 7x is the first sponsor of the Exponential Project and of the Exponential Foundation - what the sources say about 7x's funding of the pro...
- Sponsor FAQ Short answers to common sponsor questions - which page to use, minimum amounts, monthly versus one time, public or private, fees, invoice...
- Questions to ask the Foundation Prepared interview questions for the Exponential Foundation, grouped by topic - its mission, governance, money, relationship with 7x, goa...
- Writing about funding and sponsors How journalists cover the money behind Exponential - 7x's contributions and services, the two GitHub Sponsors pages for 7x and the Founda...
- Exponential Community Exponential is made by its community. The Exponential Community is everyone who uses, contributes to, promotes and develops software usin...
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