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 managers 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).

These new sponsorship levels were approved by the Foundation Board on November 2025, and will come into force on January 2026. All companies and individuals that are already sponsors previous to the approval of the new program, will be shown at their previous sponsorship level until the renewal is due.

These sponsorships will commit to sponsor for calendar years, this way the Foundation Board has a clear view of the foreseen sponsors and can manage the year budget easier.

Platinum

As a Platinum Sponsor, you will get:

  • Sponsorship of Plone Conference (excluding benefits like free tickets that have direct impact on the organizer)
  • Your logo on the footer of all pages of plone.org
  • Your logo on the front page of plone.org
  • Your logo at plone.org sponsorship page
  • Page on plone.org linking to your site and social networks
  • Monthly mention on Plone Social networks

The price of such sponsorship is: $600 / month ($7200/year)

Premium

As a Premium sponsor, you will get:

  • Your logo on the front page of plone.org
  • Your logo at plone.org sponsorship page
  • Page on plone.org linking to your site and social networks
  • Monthly mention on Plone Social networks

The price of such sponsorship is: $300 / month ($3600 / year)

Standard

As a Standard Sponsor, you will get

  • Your logo and listing at plone.org sponsorship page
  • Page on plone.org linking to your site and social networks
  • Bimonthly mention on Plone Social networks

The price of such sponsorship is: $100 / month ($1200 / year)

Basic

As a Basic Sponsor, you will get

  • Your logo and listing at plone.org sponsorship page
  • Page on plone.org linking to your site and social networks
  • Quarterly mention on Plone Social networks

The price of such sponsorship is $50 / month ($600 / year)

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:

  • Pride in supporting the work of the Plone Foundation to protect and promote Plone
  • Sponsor badge and listing on GitHub

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.