Acknowledge supporters in README.rst

Signed-off-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@nexb.com>

README.rst

@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ See the NOTICE file and the .ABOUT files that document the origin and license of
 the third-party code used in ScanCode for more details.
 
 
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 .. |azure| image:: https://dev.azure.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/_apis/build/status/nexB.scancode-toolkit?branchName=develop
     :target: https://dev.azure.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/_build/latest?definitionId=1&branchName=develop
     :alt: Azure tests status (Linux, macOS, Windows)
@@ -261,3 +262,142 @@ the third-party code used in ScanCode for more details.
 .. |release-github-actions| image:: https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/actions/workflows/scancode-release.yml/badge.svg?event=push
     :target: https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/actions/workflows/scancode-release.yml
     :alt: Release tests
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+
+Acknowledgements, Funding, Support and Sponsoring
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+This project is funded, supported and sponsored by:
+
+- Generous support and contributions from users like you!
+- the European Commission NGI programme
+- the NLnet Foundation 
+- the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)
+- Google, including the Google Summer of Code and the Google Seasons of Doc programmes
+- Mercedes-Benz Group
+- Microsoft and Microsoft Azure
+- AboutCode ASBL
+- nexB Inc. 
+
+
+
+|europa|   |dgconnect| 
+
+|ngi|   |nlnet|   
+
+|aboutcode|  |nexb|
+
+
+This project was funded through the NGI0 Discovery Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial
+support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG
+Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 825322.
+
+|ngidiscovery| https://nlnet.nl/project/vulnerabilitydatabase/
+
+
+This project was funded through the NGI0 Entrust Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial
+support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG
+Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101069594. 
+
+|ngizeroentrust| https://nlnet.nl/project/Back2source/
+
+
+This project was funded through the NGI0 Core Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial
+support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG
+Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101092990.
+
+|ngizerocore| https://nlnet.nl/project/Back2source-next/
+
+
+This project was funded through the NGI0 Core Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial
+support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG
+Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101092990. 
+
+|ngizerocore| https://nlnet.nl/project/FastScan/
+
+
+This project was funded through the NGI0 Commons Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial
+support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG
+Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101135429. Additional
+funding is made available by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
+(SERI).
+
+|ngizerocommons| |swiss| https://nlnet.nl/project/MassiveFOSSscan/
+
+This project was funded through the NGI0 Entrust Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial
+support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG
+Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101069594. 
+
+|ngizeroentrust| https://nlnet.nl/project/purl2sym/
+
+
+.. |nlnet| image:: https://nlnet.nl/logo/banner.png
+    :target: https://nlnet.nl
+    :height: 50
+    :alt: NLnet foundation logo
+
+.. |ngi| image:: https://ngi.eu/wp-content/uploads/thegem-logos/logo_8269bc6efcf731d34b6385775d76511d_1x.png
+    :target: https://ngi.eu35
+    :height: 50
+    :alt: NGI logo
+
+.. |nexb| image:: https://nexb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nexB.svg
+    :target: https://nexb.com
+    :height: 30
+    :alt: nexB logo
+
+.. |europa| image:: https://ngi.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/77/2017/10/bandiera_stelle.png
+    :target: http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm
+    :height: 40
+    :alt: Europa logo
+
+.. |aboutcode| image:: https://aboutcode.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AboutCode.svg
+    :target: https://aboutcode.org/
+    :height: 30
+    :alt: AboutCode logo
+
+.. |swiss| image:: https://www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/en/_jcr_content/logo/image.imagespooler.png/1493119032540/logo.png
+    :target: https://www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/en/home/seri/seri.html
+    :height: 40
+    :alt: Swiss logo
+
+.. |dgconnect| image:: https://commission.europa.eu/themes/contrib/oe_theme/dist/ec/images/logo/positive/logo-ec--en.svg
+    :target: https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/departments-and-executive-agencies/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en
+    :height: 40
+    :alt: EC DG Connect logo
+
+.. |ngizerocore| image:: https://nlnet.nl/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg
+    :target: https://nlnet.nl/core
+    :height: 40
+    :alt: NGI Zero Core Logo
+
+.. |ngizerocommons| image:: https://nlnet.nl/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg
+    :target: https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund/
+    :height: 40
+    :alt: NGI Zero Commons Logo
+
+.. |ngizeropet| image:: https://nlnet.nl/image/logos/NGI0PET_tag.svg
+    :target: https://nlnet.nl/PET
+    :height: 40
+    :alt: NGI Zero PET logo
+
+.. |ngizeroentrust| image:: https://nlnet.nl/image/logos/NGI0Entrust_tag.svg
+    :target: https://nlnet.nl/entrust
+    :height: 38
+    :alt: NGI Zero Entrust logo
+
+.. |ngiassure| image:: https://nlnet.nl/image/logos/NGIAssure_tag.svg
+    :target: https://nlnet.nl/image/logos/NGIAssure_tag.svg
+    :height: 32
+    :alt: NGI Assure logo
+
+.. |ngidiscovery| image:: https://nlnet.nl/image/logos/NGI0Discovery_tag.svg
+    :target: https://nlnet.nl/discovery/
+    :height: 40
+    :alt: NGI Discovery logo
+
+
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