I'm Nicola Asuni (Tecnick.com LTD). For over 25 years I've built and maintained open-source software, now 60+ public repositories across PHP, Go, C, Python, R, and more, including TCPDF (installed 100M+ times), tc-lib-pdf, TCExam, nurago, and VariantKey.
Much of this is infrastructure that thousands of products and research pipelines depend on every day. Sponsoring keeps it secure, standards-compliant, and maintained: closer to insurance on a dependency you already ship than to a donation.
Full sponsorship tiers and policy are in SPONSORS.md; the backers list is in BACKERS.md. README placement starts at $100/month (logos from $250/month) and is subject to approval: after sponsoring, open an issue or email info@tecnick.com with your destination URL (and your SVG logo, for Silver and above), noting which project you rely on.