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Managing your sponsorship

You can manage who can see your sponsorship and whether you receive email updates from the sponsored open source contributor.

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For information about changing your sponsorship tier, see "Upgrading a sponsorship" and "Downgrading a sponsorship."

Managing the privacy setting for your developer sponsorship

  1. On GitHub, navigate to the sponsored developer's profile.
  2. Under the developer's name, click Sponsoring.
    Sponsoring button
  3. On the right side of the page, click Manage your sponsorship.
    Manage your sponsorship button
  4. Choose who can see your sponsorship.
  5. Click Update sponsorship.
    Update sponsorship button

Managing the privacy setting for your organization sponsorship

  1. On GitHub, navigate to the sponsored organization's profile.
  2. Next to the organization's name, click Sponsoring.
    Sponsoring button
  3. On the right side of the page, click Manage your sponsorship.
    Manage your sponsorship button
  4. Choose who can see your sponsorship.
  5. Click Update sponsorship.
    Update sponsorship button

Managing email updates from a sponsored developer

You can choose whether a sponsored developer can send you email updates about their work. The sponsored developer will not have access to your email address.

  1. On GitHub, navigate to the sponsored developer's profile.
  2. Under the developer's name, click Sponsoring.
    Sponsoring button
  3. On the right side of the page, click Manage your sponsorship.
    Manage your sponsorship button
  4. Decide whether you want to receive email updates from the sponsored developer, then select or unselect "Receive updates from DEVELOPER."
    Checkbox to receive updates from sponsored developer
  5. Click Update sponsorship.
    Update sponsorship button

Managing email updates from a sponsored organization

You can choose whether a sponsored organization can send you email updates about their work. The sponsored organization will not have access to your email address.

  1. On GitHub, navigate to the sponsored organization's profile.
  2. Next to the organization's name, click Sponsoring.
    Sponsoring button
  3. On the right side of the page, click Manage your sponsorship.
    Manage your sponsorship button
  4. Decide whether you want to receive email updates from the sponsored organization, then select or unselect "Receive updates from ORGANIZATION."
    Checkbox to receive updates from sponsored organization
  5. Click Update sponsorship.
    Update sponsorship button

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