Google announces financial support for open source developers to help them arrange additional resources, prioritizing the security of their products. The initiative, called Patch Rewards Program, was launched nearly 6 years ago. Google rewards hackers for reporting severe flaws in many widely used open source software. Small teams can get the amount as a reward for fixing a small number of security issues. Large open source teams need to use the funds to heavily invest in security, like providing support to find additional developers, or implementing significant new security features.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2019/12/google-open-source-projects.html