diff --git a/website/build.py b/website/build.py
index cf759283..f1d00c93 100644
--- a/website/build.py
+++ b/website/build.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TypedDict
 
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
-from readme_parser import parse_readme
+from readme_parser import parse_readme, parse_sponsors
 
 
 class StarData(TypedDict):
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ def build(repo_root: str) -> None:
             break
 
     parsed_groups = parse_readme(readme_text)
+    sponsors = parse_sponsors(readme_text)
 
     categories = [cat for g in parsed_groups for cat in g["categories"]]
     total_entries = sum(c["entry_count"] for c in categories)
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ def build(repo_root: str) -> None:
             total_categories=len(categories),
             repo_stars=repo_stars,
             build_date=datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%B %d, %Y"),
+            sponsors=sponsors,
         ),
         encoding="utf-8",
     )
diff --git a/website/readme_parser.py b/website/readme_parser.py
index 4f36ed77..c736b7cc 100644
--- a/website/readme_parser.py
+++ b/website/readme_parser.py
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ class ParsedGroup(TypedDict):
     categories: list[ParsedSection]
 
 
+class ParsedSponsor(TypedDict):
+    name: str
+    url: str
+    description: str  # inline HTML, properly escaped
+
+
 # --- Slugify ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 _SLUG_NON_ALNUM_RE = re.compile(r"[^a-z0-9\s-]")
@@ -350,6 +356,80 @@ def _parse_grouped_sections(
     return groups
 
 
+_SPONSOR_SEP_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*[:\-\u2013\u2014]\s*")
+
+
+def _find_link_deep(node: SyntaxTreeNode) -> SyntaxTreeNode | None:
+    """Find the first link anywhere in the subtree (including nested in strong/em)."""
+    for child in node.children:
+        if child.type == "link":
+            return child
+        found = _find_link_deep(child)
+        if found:
+            return found
+    return None
+
+
+def _parse_sponsor_item(inline: SyntaxTreeNode) -> ParsedSponsor | None:
+    """Parse `**[name](url)**: description` (or `[name](url) - description`)."""
+    link = _find_link_deep(inline)
+    if link is None:
+        return None
+    name = render_inline_text(link.children)
+    url = link.attrGet("href") or ""
+
+    split_idx = None
+    for i, child in enumerate(inline.children):
+        if child is link or _find_link_deep(child) is link:
+            split_idx = i
+            break
+    if split_idx is None:
+        return None
+    desc_html = render_inline_html(inline.children[split_idx + 1 :])
+    desc_html = _SPONSOR_SEP_RE.sub("", desc_html)
+    return ParsedSponsor(name=name, url=url, description=desc_html)
+
+
+def parse_sponsors(text: str) -> list[ParsedSponsor]:
+    """Parse the `# Sponsors` section of README.md into a list of sponsors.
+
+    Expects bullets in the form `**[name](url)**: description`.
+    Returns [] if no Sponsors section exists.
+    """
+    md = MarkdownIt("commonmark")
+    tokens = md.parse(text)
+    root = SyntaxTreeNode(tokens)
+    children = root.children
+
+    start_idx = None
+    end_idx = len(children)
+    for i, node in enumerate(children):
+        if node.type == "heading" and node.tag == "h1":
+            title = _heading_text(node).strip().lower()
+            if start_idx is None and title == "sponsors":
+                start_idx = i + 1
+            elif start_idx is not None:
+                end_idx = i
+                break
+    if start_idx is None:
+        return []
+
+    sponsors: list[ParsedSponsor] = []
+    for node in children[start_idx:end_idx]:
+        if node.type != "bullet_list":
+            continue
+        for list_item in node.children:
+            if list_item.type != "list_item":
+                continue
+            inline = _find_inline(list_item)
+            if inline is None:
+                continue
+            sponsor = _parse_sponsor_item(inline)
+            if sponsor:
+                sponsors.append(sponsor)
+    return sponsors
+
+
 def parse_readme(text: str) -> list[ParsedGroup]:
     """Parse README.md text into grouped categories.
 
diff --git a/website/static/style.css b/website/static/style.css
index ee24ce94..2bae2c95 100644
--- a/website/static/style.css
+++ b/website/static/style.css
@@ -392,6 +392,109 @@ kbd {
   outline-offset: 3px;
 }
 
+.sponsor-band {
+  padding-block: clamp(2.5rem, 5.5vw, 4rem);
+  background:
+    linear-gradient(180deg, var(--bg-paper-strong), var(--bg-paper));
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
+}
+
+.sponsor-shell {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 14rem) minmax(0, 1fr);
+  gap: clamp(1.5rem, 5vw, 3.5rem);
+  align-items: start;
+}
+
+.sponsor-meta {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 1rem;
+}
+
+.sponsor-meta .section-label {
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+}
+
+.sponsor-become {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.4rem;
+  align-self: start;
+  color: var(--ink-soft);
+  font-size: var(--text-sm);
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 0.01em;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
+  padding-bottom: 0.2rem;
+  transition:
+    color 180ms ease,
+    border-color 180ms ease;
+}
+
+.sponsor-become:hover {
+  color: var(--accent-deep);
+  border-bottom-color: var(--accent);
+}
+
+.sponsor-become-arrow {
+  transition: transform 180ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
+}
+
+.sponsor-become:hover .sponsor-become-arrow {
+  transform: translateX(0.3rem);
+}
+
+.sponsor-list {
+  list-style: none;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+  display: grid;
+  gap: clamp(1.5rem, 3vw, 2.25rem);
+}
+
+.sponsor {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 0.65rem;
+}
+
+.sponsor-link {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: baseline;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  color: var(--ink);
+  transition: color 180ms ease;
+}
+
+.sponsor-link:hover {
+  color: var(--accent-deep);
+}
+
+.sponsor-name {
+  font-family: var(--font-display);
+  font-size: clamp(2.25rem, 4.2vw, 3.25rem);
+  font-weight: 600;
+  line-height: 0.95;
+  letter-spacing: -0.025em;
+}
+
+.sponsor-desc {
+  color: var(--ink-soft);
+  font-size: clamp(1rem, 1.5vw, 1.1rem);
+  line-height: 1.55;
+}
+
+.sponsor-desc a {
+  color: var(--accent-deep);
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  text-decoration-color: var(--accent-underline);
+  text-underline-offset: 0.18em;
+}
+
+.sponsor-desc a:hover {
+  color: var(--accent);
+}
+
 .results-intro h2,
 .final-cta h2 {
   font-family: var(--font-display);
@@ -1025,7 +1128,8 @@ th[data-sort].sort-asc::after {
   }
 
   .hero-grid,
-  .results-intro {
+  .results-intro,
+  .sponsor-shell {
     grid-template-columns: 1fr;
   }
 
diff --git a/website/templates/index.html b/website/templates/index.html
index 1003c1a7..87cfbf29 100644
--- a/website/templates/index.html
+++ b/website/templates/index.html
@@ -65,6 +65,40 @@
 </header>
 {% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
+{% if sponsors %}
+<section class="sponsor-band" aria-labelledby="sponsor-heading" data-reveal>
+  <div class="section-shell sponsor-shell">
+    <header class="sponsor-meta">
+      <p class="section-label" id="sponsor-heading">Sponsors</p>
+      <a
+        class="sponsor-become"
+        href="https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/blob/master/SPONSORSHIP.md"
+        target="_blank"
+        rel="noopener"
+      >
+        Become a sponsor
+        <span class="sponsor-become-arrow" aria-hidden="true">&rarr;</span>
+      </a>
+    </header>
+    <ul class="sponsor-list">
+      {% for sponsor in sponsors %}
+      <li class="sponsor">
+        <a
+          class="sponsor-link"
+          href="{{ sponsor.url }}"
+          target="_blank"
+          rel="noopener"
+        >
+          <span class="sponsor-name">{{ sponsor.name }}</span>
+        </a>
+        <p class="sponsor-desc">{{ sponsor.description | safe }}</p>
+      </li>
+      {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+  </div>
+</section>
+{% endif %}
+
 <section class="results-section" id="library-index">
   <div class="results-intro section-shell" data-reveal>
     <div>