That's explicitly against the terms of the program: https://help.github.com/en/github/supporting-the-open-source-community-with-github-sponsors/about-github-spo

That's explicitly against the terms of the program: https://help.github.com/en/github/supporting-the-open-source-community-with-github-sponsors/about-github-sponsors#about-the-github-sponsors-matching-fund https://help.github.com/en/github/supporting-the-open-source... > "Donation for donation" schemes or other attempts to game the GitHub Sponsors Matching Fund are a violation of this policy and the GitHub Sponsors Additional Terms, and any funds matched during this period will be revoked.