Closest things I know of are: * Ruby Together - https://rubytogether.org/ https://rubytogether.org/ * Django Fellowship Program - https://www.djangoproject.co

Closest things I know of are: * Ruby Together - https://rubytogether.org/ https://rubytogether.org/ * Django Fellowship Program - https://www.djangoproject.com/fundraising/ https://www.djangoproject.com/fundraising/ * Read the Docs sponsorships - http://read-the-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sponsors.html http://read-the-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sponsors.html I think the business case is clear enough to make for a big project like REST framework. It's a relatively small investment per-company, but the relative payoff if we can hit a level that keeps it sustainable is huge.