How to Sponsor Plone

Plone is 100% powered and funded by the Plone community. We are among the largest, most successful and most vibrant open-source projects in the world. Yet, our only source of income is sponsorships from forward-thinking organizations and individuals like you.

See all our sponsors – you too could be listed among them!

How Your Sponsorship Supports Plone

The mission of the Plone Foundation is to protect and promote Plone.

Since 2004, the Foundation has operated on an initial startup grant from Computer Associates, supplemented by a modest stream of individual contributions and larger organizational sponsorships.

Foundation expenses have primarily been related to:

  • an ambitious support programme for organizing and attending strategic sprints, conferences and marketing events
  • paying the Plone release manager a travel stipend to evangelize, plus a small stipend for major and minor software releases
  • registration of Plone’s trademark in countries around the world
  • legal work to secure Plone’s intellectual property in the Foundation’s “software conservancy.”
  • the development and production of marketing materials
  • provisioning servers for our websites, community forum, testing and continuous integration processes
  • a stipend to support the Plone marketing/communications team lead's attendance at Plone and related events

In order to continue this work, the Plone Foundation relies on your sponsorship to create and sustain a reliable stream of income that grows along with the community.

Please email sponsor@plone.org with any questions you may have.

Benefits and Rates

Because the Plone Foundation is a US non-profit entity, all amounts below are in US dollars (USD).

Premium

Become a Premium Sponsor As a premium sponsor, you will get access to the finest that a non-profit organization can squeeze out of its volunteers. This includes:

  • Your logo on the front page of Plone.org
  • Your prominent logo and listing on the providers' page (with a Premium Sponsor badge, your logo, and a full-text description of your services)
  • PLUS, everything in the Standard Sponsorship package

Premium sponsors receive top placement in the Plone service provider listings:

  • Small firms (1 or 2 full-time employees): $125/month ($1500/year)
  • Medium firms (3 to 7 full-time employees): $375/month ($4500/year)
  • Large firms (8 or more full-time employees): $625/month ($7500/year)

To become a Premium Sponsor, please email sponsor@plone.org!

Standard

Become a Standard Sponsor As a standard sponsor, you will get:

  • Your logo on the Plone sponsors page
  • Your logo and listing on the Plone service providers page (with your logo and a full-text description of your services)
  • A shout-out to you and yours from our Plone social media accounts
  • Pride in supporting the work of the Plone Foundation to protect and promote Plone

Standard sponsors receive highly visible Plone.org provider listings.

  • Small firms: $41.67/month ($500/year)
  • Medium firms: $125/month ($1500/year)
  • Large firms: $208.33/month ($2500/year)

To become a Plone Sponsor, please email sponsor@plone.org!

University

Universities are often among the largest installations of Plone. Have your university recognized for its commitment to Plone and open source by sponsoring the Foundation: your university's name, logo, URL and description will appear in our main sponsorship listings.

As a university sponsor, you will get:

  • Your logo on the Plone.org sponsors page
  • A shout-out to you and yours from our Plone social media accounts
  • Pride in supporting the work of the Plone Foundation to protect and promote Plone

University sponsorship is $1200/year.

To become a University Sponsor, please email sponsor@plone.org!

Supporting

Many companies support Plone with infrastructure and other "in kind" sponsorships that could include – but are not limited to! – server hosting, legal services, design, marketing, and coding.

As a supporting sponsor, you will get:

  • Your logo on the Plone sponsors page
  • A shout-out to you and yours from our Plone social media accounts
  • Pride in supporting the work of the Plone Foundation to protect and promote Plone

Your in-kind donation to the Foundation is appreciated!

To become a Supporting Sponsor, please email sponsor@plone.org!

Foundation Heroes

The Plone community thrives on the participation and help of hundreds of individuals. Every sponsored dollar counts, and if you are a contractor or a small company, we can offer you:

  • Recognition on the Plone.org sponsors page
  • A shout-out to you and yours from our Plone social media accounts
  • Pride in supporting the work of the Plone Foundation to protect and promote Plone

To become a Foundation Sponsor, please use our GitHub sponsorship page, or email sponsor@plone.org!

Sponsor through GitHub

A very easy way to sponsor Plone is using GitHub donations. You can easily donate one-time or become a monthly sponsor starting with only 5$ per month.

...About Banners and Logos

In order to meet IRS guidelines for tax-exempt organizations, sponsorship acknowledgments such as banners must be in the form of promotional logos or slogans that are an established part of the sponsor's identity.