Donations

phpMyAdmin is a member project of Software Freedom Conservancy. Conservancy is a not-for-profit organization that provides financial and administrative assistance to open source projects. Since Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) charity incorporated in New York, donors can often deduct the donation on their USA taxes.

As a free software project, phpMyAdmin has almost no revenues itself. On the other side, we have some expenses. Currently most of the project's funds are used to hire contractors for development and bug fixes, and for travel costs to allow team members to meet at conferences.

For the general public, the suggested donation amount is 10 USD.

PayPal

We invite you to contribute money to our project using the above PayPal button. PayPal is one of the most used online payments methods, it also accepts all major credit cards.

Check or Wire

We can also accept donations drawn in USD from banks in the USA (donations from banks outside of the US or not in USD should be handled by wire). Make checks payable to "Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc." and place "Directed donation: phpMyAdmin" in the memo field. Checks should be mailed to:

Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.
137 Montague ST STE 380
BROOKLYN, NY 11201 USA

Conservancy can accept wire donations, but the instructions vary depending on the country of origin. Please contact accounting@sfconservancy.org for instructions.

Stock donations

Conservancy also accepts stock donations on behalf of the phpMyAdmin project. If you would like to donate stock, please contact accounting@sfconservancy.org for instructions on how to initiate the transfer.

Donations will be used for the promotion of phpMyAdmin, mostly by allowing team members to visit various conferences. Thanks.

Sponsorship

We welcome corporations (or individuals) to sponsor phpMyAdmin in a recurring way. The company can receive various benefits depending on sponsorship level.

Sponsorship conditions and advantages

• A sponsor has to commit to a yearly amount depending on the sponsorship level
• Sponsorships are always on an annual basis and are not refundable once paid
• Within a sponsorship level, sponsors are listed in the chronological order of their joining the sponsorship program
• We reserve the right to change sponsorship levels in the future
• The logo (if applicable) needs to be a static image, PNG is preferred
• The link needs to point to the sponsor's homepage
• The text (for text link or alternative text for image) can contain only your company name
• We're not accepting sponsors in the following areas: adult content, gambling-related, binary options sites, certain alcohol, tobacco, or smokeless tobacco products, or sites linking to illegal content. If you have a potential site that may fall in to these areas, you can email our sponsorship team for confirmation or details
• The sponsorship terms are non negotiable and we do not provide any discounts to the sponsorship levels

Sponsorship levels

Sponsorship process

1. Before starting the process make sure your sponsorship fits our conditions. If unsure ask us at <donate@phpmyadmin.net>.
2. Please get in touch with us by writing to <donate@phpmyadmin.net> and we will provide you payment information together with invoice.
3. The invoice can be paid by wire transfer, ACH, or paper check, and instructions for payment will be provided with the invoice. These methods of payment save the phpMyAdmin project a lot in credit card processing fees, and puts more of your sponsorship to work in supporting our project. For Bronze level you can pay conveniently using PayPal.
4. Received payment is processed by Software Freedom Conservancy. This usually takes about one week, but might be delayed in times they are heavily loaded.
5. Your link and/or logo is placed to our website (depending on your sponsorship level).

New sponsors

phpMyAdmin is a member project of Software Freedom Conservancy. Conservancy is a not-for-profit organization that provides financial and administrative assistance to open source projects. Since Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) charity incorporated in New York, donors can often deduct the donation on their USA taxes.

If you use phpMyAdmin or offer it to your customers, please consider sponsoring the project with a yearly donation. The money will be used to improve phpMyAdmin, bring phpMyAdmin developers to conferences and to cover costs for services required to run the project.

Please note that we might refuse to link to some sites which we consider unethical or inappropriate.

Thank you for your support!