I'm a board member of Clojurists Together[ct] who is trying to solve this problem for _just Clojure_. Obviously this is a generic issue and while most Clojure l

I'm a board member of Clojurists Together[ct] who is trying to solve this problem for _just Clojure_. Obviously this is a generic issue and while most Clojure libraries are hardly core infrastructure underpinning 2/3ds of the servers on the Internet, every language community ends up with projects everyone uses and no-one maintains in earnest. Clojurists Together asks maintainers to put together a proposal, then we vote on projects and give them money. Donors ("members") are both companies and individuals[members]. It works! I wish more communities had this. Stuff like the core infrastructure initiative is fantastic, but I think it's hard for them to identify or even justify "niche core infrastructure". [ct]: https://www.clojuriststogether.org/ https://www.clojuriststogether.org/ [members]: https://www.clojuriststogether.org/members/ https://www.clojuriststogether.org/members/