Sponsors & partners

Sponsors + partners management is the admin surface for the platform’s commercial relationships — Founder File sponsors, Coverage sponsor-spotlight sponsors, ecosystem partners (accelerators, agencies, governments), and content partners. Every commercial relationship has a contract, an expiry, an attribution policy, and a lead-routing rule.

Admin surfaces

• /founder-account/admin/sponsors — list. Filters: relationship type (file-sponsor / coverage-sponsor / ecosystem-partner / content-partner), tier, isActive, contractExpiry range.
• /founder-account/admin/sponsors/:id — sponsor detail. Contract metadata, attribution policy (where their logo + name surface), lead-routing rules, current and historical content placements.
• /founder-account/admin/sponsors/:id/leads — leads attributed to this sponsor (filtered by consentPartners=true). Export CSV. Period filter.
• /founder-account/admin/sponsors/:id/expiring — contracts within 30 days of expiry. Used for renewal outreach.

Tier + attribution policy

• Tiers: gold (largest commitment) / silver / bronze. Tier determines the attribution surface — gold sponsors get logo on file cards + landing + footer; silver on file cards + landing; bronze on file cards only.
• Coverage sponsor-spotlight is a separate transactional product, not a tier. Each spotlight piece has its own contract scoping a single article.
• Sponsor attribution always discloses the relationship — "Sponsored by [Name]" not just "Brought to you by [Name]" — per the editorial-integrity policy.