# Chad Whitacre on Sponsoring $500,000 to Open Source

**URL:** <https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/chad-whitacre-on-sponsoring-500-000-to-open-source/1445>\
**Category:** Podcasts\
**Tags:** podcast, sustain\
**Created:** [December 22, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/chad-whitacre-on-sponsoring-500-000-to-open-source/1445 "2023-12-22T15:04:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tina\_Arboleda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/tina_arboleda/32/763_2.png) [@Tina\_Arboleda](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Tina_Arboleda)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/chad-whitacre-on-sponsoring-500-000-to-open-source/1445/1 "2023-12-22T15:04:58Z")

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[Chad](https://chadwhitacre.com/) highlights [Sentry’s](https://sentry.io/welcome/) open-source sponsorship of half a million dollars this year. He introduces the [FOSS Funder group](https://fossfunders.com/) encouraging corporate support, and shares a unique business card approach leaving a community impact.

Listen at 🎙 [https://podcast.sustainoss.org/213](https://podcast.sustainoss.org/213)

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**Author:** ![chadwhitacre](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/chadwhitacre/32/1186_2.png) [@chadwhitacre](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/chadwhitacre)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/chad-whitacre-on-sponsoring-500-000-to-open-source/1445/2 "2023-12-22T15:49:46Z")

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Thanks for having me on! Here’s [our blog post about this year’s sponsorships](https://blog.sentry.io/we-just-gave-500-000-dollars-to-open-source-maintainers/). Happy to answer any follow-ups. 😌 🙏