GitHub

Legal Name: GITHUB INC
Entity Type: Corporation
Website: https://github.com/
Sponsor Domains: github.com
Parent Organization: Microsoft from 2018-10-26 (source)
Open Source: https://github.com/github

Lookups

Follow these identifiers for corporate structure, filings, and leadership from the authoritative sources.

LEI: 6354003LMZZAKOPXLX69

Current Sponsorships

Sponsorship programs that list this organization at their last check, by sponsorship metalevel. Rough estimated total at published level prices, with in-kind levels discounted: $802.5K.

• Apache Software Foundation: firstinkind
• Cloud Native Computing Foundation: third
• FINOS Foundation: first
• Haskell: first
• JS Foundation: third
• Linux Foundation: third
• Open SSF Foundation: first
• Open Source Initiative: third
• Rails Foundation: first

Sources

• https://github.com/Punderthings/fossfoundation/tree/main/_data/sponsorships (2026-11-01): github.com is the canonical sponsor domain in current sponsor lists of 3 or more distinct foundations (website and domains).
• https://github.com/todogroup/ospolandscape/blob/2cb0f82f1915a3f06715bd2981679e7500899f46/landscape.yml (2026-11-01): TODO Group OSPO Landscape lists GitHub as a TODO Group member and OSPO adopter with this open source site (opensourceurl).
• https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2018/10/26/microsoft-completes-github-acquisition/ (2026-11-01): Microsoft announced it completed the acquisition of GitHub on 2018-10-26 (parentOrganization).
• https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/6354003LMZZAKOPXLX69 (2026-11-01): GLEIF LEI record for GITHUB INC (US-DE), the operating entity behind the brand (leiCode, legalName).

Last reviewed 2026-11-01. Data is CC0-1.0; see the sponsors dataset.