From 09c685761570f68a7625a9704cec2b42e2b8ba00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Theauxm <43664045+Theauxm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:15:17 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] docs(tooling): credit Constituent Voice as a sponsor

Add a Sponsors section to the README and a sponsor credit plus a
GitHub Sponsors link to the website footer.
---
 README.md                                     |  7 +++++++
 Trax.Website/src/components/layout/Footer.tsx | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index afd137756..0a015b0f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ several squares, innermost first.
 A release note headed 🟧🟦🟥, for example, changes how work is dispatched and what the API serves, and it is worth
 reading for its security impact before you upgrade.
 
+## Sponsors
+
+<a href="https://constituentvoice.com/"><img src="https://github.com/constituentvoice.png" width="64" alt="Constituent Voice"></a>
+
+Trax is sponsored by [Constituent Voice](https://constituentvoice.com/). To support it too, see
+[GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/TraxSharp).
+
 ## Contributing
 
 Read [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md) before changing anything, then the `AGENTS.md` in the folder you are working in. Report
diff --git a/Trax.Website/src/components/layout/Footer.tsx b/Trax.Website/src/components/layout/Footer.tsx
index 17f2a70fb..fa89fc43d 100644
--- a/Trax.Website/src/components/layout/Footer.tsx
+++ b/Trax.Website/src/components/layout/Footer.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ export default function Footer() {
             <p className="mt-1 max-w-xs text-sm text-text-muted">
               A headless web framework for .NET. MIT licensed.
             </p>
+            <p className="mt-3 max-w-xs text-sm text-text-muted">
+              Sponsored by{" "}
+              <a
+                href="https://constituentvoice.com/"
+                target="_blank"
+                rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                className="text-text-secondary hover:text-accent"
+              >
+                Constituent Voice
+              </a>
+            </p>
           </div>
 
           <div className="flex gap-12 text-sm">
@@ -46,6 +57,14 @@ export default function Footer() {
               >
                 NuGet
               </a>
+              <a
+                href="https://github.com/sponsors/TraxSharp"
+                target="_blank"
+                rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                className="block text-text-muted hover:text-text-secondary"
+              >
+                Sponsor
+              </a>
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>