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Using a fiscal host to receive GitHub Sponsors payouts

You can become a sponsored developer by joining GitHub Sponsors and choosing a fiscal host for your payouts to come through.

About using a fiscal host to receive GitHub Sponsors payouts

When you sign up for a GitHub Sponsors profile so that you can be sponsored, you can choose whether to receive your payments in a Stripe Connect account that you control, or via a fiscal host that you already work with.

Note that you can only set up your fiscal host information at the time you sign up for GitHub Sponsors. If you originally chose to use a Stripe Connect account when you signed up for your profile, but would like to switch to using a fiscal host, please contact us through the GitHub Support portal.

GitHub Sponsors supports these fiscal hosts:

Choosing to use a fiscal host

Once you navigate to the "Join the waitlist" profile setup page for the account you want sponsored, you will see the "How you receive payouts" or "Organization bank account" section, depending on which type of account you are setting up. For more information on how to sign up for a GitHub Sponsors profile, see "Setting up GitHub Sponsors for your personal account" or "Setting up GitHub Sponsors for your organization."

  1. Under "How you receive payouts" or "Organization bank account", select the Use a fiscal host or This organization is using a fiscal host option.

  2. Use the Select a fiscal host dropdown to choose the fiscal host you want to use.

    Screenshot of the fiscal host options for a sponsor profile. A collapsed dropdown menu, labeled "Select a fiscal host", is outlined in dark orange.

  3. In the text box under "Fiscal host project profile URL", type the URL to your profile page on the fiscal host's site. This helps us verify that you are indeed registered with the fiscal host.

    Screenshot of fiscal host options for a sponsor profile. A text field, labeled "Fiscal host project profile URL", is outlined in dark orange.