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title Setting up GitHub Sponsors for your personal account
intro You can become a sponsored developer by joining {% data variables.product.prodname_sponsors %}, completing your sponsored developer profile, creating sponsorship tiers, submitting your bank and tax information, and enabling two-factor authentication for your account on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}.
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Set up to receive sponsorships

Joining {% data variables.product.prodname_sponsors %}

{% data reusables.sponsors.you-can-be-a-sponsored-developer %} {% data reusables.sponsors.stripe-supported-regions %}

To join {% data variables.product.prodname_sponsors %} as an organization, see AUTOTITLE.

{% data reusables.sponsors.navigate-to-github-sponsors %}

  1. If you are an organization owner, you have more than one eligible account. Click Get sponsored, then in the list of accounts, find your personal account.
  2. Click Get sponsored. {% data reusables.sponsors.contact-info %} {% data reusables.sponsors.payout-choice %} {% data reusables.sponsors.accept-legal-terms %}

Completing your sponsored developer profile

After {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} reviews your application, you can set up your sponsored developer profile so that people can start sponsoring you.

{% data reusables.sponsors.navigate-to-sponsors-dashboard %} {% data reusables.sponsors.navigate-to-profile-tab %} {% data reusables.sponsors.short-bio %} {% data reusables.sponsors.add-introduction %} {% data reusables.sponsors.edit-featured-work %} {% data reusables.sponsors.opt-in-to-being-featured %} {% data reusables.sponsors.save-profile %}

Creating sponsorship tiers

{% data reusables.sponsors.tier-details %}

{% data reusables.sponsors.maximum-tier %}

{% data reusables.sponsors.navigate-to-sponsors-dashboard %} {% data reusables.sponsors.navigate-to-sponsor-tiers-tab %} {% data reusables.sponsors.click-add-tier %} {% data reusables.sponsors.tier-price-description %} {% data reusables.sponsors.add-welcome-message %} {% data reusables.sponsors.save-tier-draft %} {% data reusables.sponsors.review-and-publish-tier %} {% data reusables.sponsors.add-more-tiers %}

Submitting your bank information

As a sponsored user, you will receive payouts to a bank account in a supported region or via a fiscal host.

{% data reusables.sponsors.bank-info-fiscal-host-reminder %} For more information about setting up and using fiscal hosts, see AUTOTITLE.

If you choose to receive payouts to a bank account, your region of residence and the region of your bank account must match. {% data reusables.sponsors.stripe-supported-regions %}

{% data reusables.sponsors.double-check-stripe-info %}

{% data reusables.sponsors.navigate-to-sponsors-dashboard %} {% data reusables.sponsors.create-stripe-account %}

Submitting your tax information

{% data reusables.sponsors.tax-form-information-dev %}

{% data reusables.sponsors.navigate-to-sponsors-dashboard %} {% data reusables.sponsors.overview-tab %} {% data reusables.sponsors.tax-form-link %}

Enabling two-factor authentication (2FA) on your {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} account

Before you can become a sponsored developer, you must enable 2FA for your account on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}. For more information, see AUTOTITLE.

Submitting your application to {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} for approval

{% data reusables.sponsors.navigate-to-sponsors-dashboard %}

  1. Click Request approval.

{% data reusables.sponsors.github-review-app %}