# Getting started with GitHub Sponsors

Learn about GitHub Sponsors and how you can get involved as a sponsor or open source contributor.

## Links

* [About GitHub Sponsors](/en/sponsors/getting-started-with-github-sponsors/about-github-sponsors)

  GitHub Sponsors allows the developer community to financially support the people and organizations who design, build, and maintain the open source projects they depend on, directly on GitHub.

* [Quickstart for finding contributors to sponsor](/en/sponsors/getting-started-with-github-sponsors/quickstart-for-finding-contributors-to-sponsor)

  Learn some best practices for finding open source contributors to sponsor.

* [Navigating your Sponsors dashboard](/en/sponsors/getting-started-with-github-sponsors/navigating-your-sponsors-dashboard)

  View GitHub Sponsors-related activity from your Sponsors dashboard.