diff --git a/doc/_static/style.css b/doc/_static/style.css
index 2f41a6eb71d..62c2796c395 100644
--- a/doc/_static/style.css
+++ b/doc/_static/style.css
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ img.logo {
     width: 100%;
 }
 
-/* ************************************** homepage quick links & funders box */
+/* ************************************* homepage quick links & funders list */
 ul.quicklinks {
     font-weight: 600;
 }
@@ -91,14 +91,16 @@ ul.quicklinks a:hover {
     text-decoration: none;
 }
 ul.funders li {
-    line-height: initial;
-    margin-left: 24px;
-    text-indent: -24px;
-    padding-bottom: 6px;
+    margin-left: 36px;
+    text-indent: -36px;
+    padding-bottom: 9px;
 }
 ul.funders li img {
-    width: 18px;
+    width: 30px;
+    max-height: 24px;
+    object-fit: contain;
 }
+
 /* these two also affect collapsible divs */
 h5.card-header {
     margin-top: 0px;
@@ -122,20 +124,6 @@ h5.card-header::before {
     margin-left: 15px;  /* match other items in the hamburger menu */
 }
 
-/* ********************************************* institution logos in footer */
-img.institution {
-    vertical-align: middle;
-    max-height: 42px;
-    max-width: 52px;
-}
-/* prevent footer from getting pushed offscreen */
-.bd-sidebar {
-    height: unset;
-}
-.bd-toc {
-    height: unset;
-}
-
 /* ***************************************************** front page carousel */
 div.frontpage-gallery {
     overflow: hidden;
diff --git a/doc/_templates/docs-toc.html b/doc/_templates/docs-toc.html
deleted file mode 100644
index fb48ceaa4b9..00000000000
--- a/doc/_templates/docs-toc.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{% set page_toc = generate_toc_html() %}
-
-{%- if page_toc | length >= 1 %}
-<div class="tocsection onthispage pt-5 pb-3">
-    <i class="fas fa-list"></i> On this page
-</div>
-{%- endif %}
-
-{% if pagename == 'index' %}
-    {% include "sidebar-funders.html" %}
-{% endif %}
-
-<nav id="bd-toc-nav">
-    {{ page_toc }}
-</nav>
-
-{% include "edit_this_page.html" %}
diff --git a/doc/_templates/layout.html b/doc/_templates/layout.html
index b5e76e39172..30f7d3bbb03 100755
--- a/doc/_templates/layout.html
+++ b/doc/_templates/layout.html
@@ -38,24 +38,41 @@ <h5 class="card-title fadeout">{{ item.title }}</h5>
         {% endfor %}
       </div>
     </div>
+    <!-- funders -->
+    <div class="container">
+      <p class="h4 text-center font-weight-light mt-4 mt-lg-5">Funders</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="d-flex flex-wrap flex-row justify-content-center align-items-center">
+      {% for item in funders -%}
+        <div class="card my-1 mx-2 border-light" style="{{ 'width: ' + item.size + 'rem;' }}">
+          <a href="{{ pathto('funding.html', 1) }}">
+            <img class="card-img" src="{{ pathto('_static/funding/' + item.img, 1) }}" title="{{ item.title }}" alt="{{ item.title }}">
+          </a>
+        </div>
+      {% endfor %}
+    </div>
+    <!-- institutions -->
+    <p class="h4 text-center font-weight-light mt-4 mt-lg-5">Supporting institutions</p>
+    <div class="container">
+      <div class="d-flex flex-wrap flex-row justify-content-center align-items-center">
+        {% for inst in institutions -%}
+          <div class="card my-1 mx-2 border-light" style="{{ 'width: ' + inst.size + 'rem;' }}">
+            <a href="{{ inst.url }}">
+              <img class="card-img" src="{{ pathto('_static/institution_logos/' + inst.img, 1) }}" title="{{ inst.name }}" alt="{{ inst.name }}"/>
+            </a>
+          </div>
+        {% endfor %}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
   {% endif %}
 </div>
 {% endblock %}
 
+
 <!-- footer -->
 {%- block footer %}
 <footer class="footer mt-5 mt-md-0">
-  <div class="container institutions">
-    <div class="d-flex flex-wrap flex-row justify-content-center">
-      {% for inst in institutions -%}
-        <div class="m-2">
-          <a href="{{ inst.url }}">
-            <img class="institution" src="{{ pathto('_static/institution_logos/' + inst.img, 1) }}" title="{{ inst.name }}" alt="{{ inst.name }}"/>
-          </a>
-        </div>
-      {% endfor %}
-    </div>
-  </div>
   <p class="text-center text-muted small">&copy; Copyright {{ copyright }}</p>
 </footer>
   <script src="https://mne.tools/versionwarning.js"></script>
diff --git a/doc/_templates/sidebar-funders.html b/doc/_templates/sidebar-funders.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f78d03268f..00000000000
--- a/doc/_templates/sidebar-funders.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<!-- note: &shy; is "soft hyphen" -->
-<div class="card d-none d-md-block mt-4">
-    <h5 class="card-header font-weight-bold">Direct financial support</h5>
-    <div class="card-body small">
-        <ul class="list-group list-group-flush list-unstyled font-weight-light funders">
-            <li><img src="{{ pathto('_static/funding/nih.png', 1) }}"/> <strong>National Institutes of Health<span class="d-none d-lg-inline">:</span></strong> <span class="d-none d-lg-inline"><strong>R01</strong>-EB009048, EB009048, EB006385, HD40712, NS44319, NS37462, NS104585, <strong>P41</strong>-EB015896, RR14075-06</span></li>
-            <li><img src="{{ pathto('_static/funding/nsf.png', 1) }}"/> <strong>US National Science Founda&shy;tion<span class="d-none d-lg-inline">:</span></strong> <span class="d-none d-lg-inline">0958669, 1042134</span></li>
-            <li><img src="{{ pathto('_static/funding/erc.svg', 1) }}"/> <strong>European Research Council<span class="d-none d-lg-inline">:</span></strong> <span class="d-none d-lg-inline"><strong>YStG</strong>-263584, 676943</span></li>
-            <li><img src="{{ pathto('_static/funding/doe.svg', 1) }}"/> <strong>US Depart&shy;ment of Energy<span class="d-none d-lg-inline">:</span></strong> <span class="d-none d-lg-inline"><strong>MIND</strong> DE-FG02-99ER62764</span></li>
-            <li><img src="{{ pathto('_static/funding/anr.svg', 1) }}"/> <strong>Agence Nationale de la Recherche<span class="d-none d-lg-inline">:</span></strong> <span class="d-none d-lg-inline"><a href="https://anr.fr/Project-ANR-14-NEUC-0002">14-NEUC-0002-01</a>, <strong>IDEX</strong> Paris-Saclay <a href="https://anr.fr/ProjetIA-11-IDEX-0003">11-IDEX-0003-02</a></span></li>
-            <li><img src="{{ pathto('_static/funding/cds.png', 1) }}"/> <strong>Paris-Saclay Center for Data Science<span class="d-none d-lg-inline">:</span></strong> <span class="d-none d-lg-inline"><a href="http://www.datascience-paris-saclay.fr">PARIS-SACLAY</a></span></li>
-            <li><img src="{{ pathto('_static/funding/google.svg', 1) }}"/> <strong>Google<span class="d-none d-lg-inline">:</span></strong> <span class="d-none d-lg-inline">Summer of code (×6)</span></li>
-            <li><img src="{{ pathto('_static/funding/amazon.svg', 1) }}"/> <strong>Amazon<span class="d-none d-lg-inline">:</span></strong> <span class="d-none d-lg-inline">AWS Research Grants</span></li>
-            <li><img src="{{ pathto('_static/funding/czi.svg', 1) }}"/> <strong>Chan Zucker&shy;berg Initiative<span class="d-none d-lg-inline">:</span></strong> <span class="d-none d-lg-inline"><a href="https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/proposals/improving-usability-of-core-neuroscience-analysis-tools-with-mne-python">Essential Open Source Software for Science</a></span></li>
-        </ul>
-    </div>
-</div>
diff --git a/doc/_templates/sidebar-quicklinks.html b/doc/_templates/sidebar-quicklinks.html
index f1f33e07515..68377f87c8e 100644
--- a/doc/_templates/sidebar-quicklinks.html
+++ b/doc/_templates/sidebar-quicklinks.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <h5 class="card-header font-weight-bold">Version {{ release }}</h5>
     <div class="card-body">
         <ul class="list-group list-group-flush list-unstyled quicklinks">
-            <li><a href="{{ pathto('overview/index.html', 1) }}"><i class="text-muted fas fa-book fa-fw"></i> Docs</a></li>
+            <li><a href="{{ pathto('auto_tutorials/index.html', 1) }}"><i class="text-muted fas fa-book fa-fw"></i> Tutorials</a></li>
             <li><a href="{{ pathto('whats_new.html', 1) }}"><i class="text-muted fas fa-newspaper fa-fw"></i> Changelog</a></li>
             <li><a href="{{ pathto('overview/get_help.html', 1) }}"><i class="text-muted fas fa-question-circle fa-fw"></i> Get help</a></li>
             <li><a href="{{ pathto('overview/cite.html', 1) }}"><i class="text-muted fas fa-quote-left fa-fw"></i> Cite</a></li>
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 16e200b1d2a..4bbc523e5c2 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -538,6 +538,12 @@ def append_attr_meth_examples(app, what, name, obj, options, lines):
 # If true, "Created using Sphinx" is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
 html_show_sphinx = False
 
+# accommodate different logo shapes (width values in rem)
+xs = '2'
+sm = '2.5'
+md = '3'
+lg = '4.5'
+xl = '5'
 # variables to pass to HTML templating engine
 html_context = {
     'build_dev_html': bool(int(os.environ.get('BUILD_DEV_HTML', False))),
@@ -556,61 +562,93 @@ def append_attr_meth_examples(app, what, name, obj, options, lines):
         '0.12': 'v0.12',
         '0.11': 'v0.11',
     },
+    'funders': [
+        dict(img='nih.png', size='3', title='National Institutes of Health'),
+        dict(img='nsf.png', size='3.5',
+             title='US National Science Foundation'),
+        dict(img='erc.svg', size='3.5', title='European Research Council'),
+        dict(img='doe.svg', size='3', title='US Department of Energy'),
+        dict(img='anr.svg', size='4.5',
+             title='Agence Nationale de la Recherche'),
+        dict(img='cds.png', size='2.25',
+             title='Paris-Saclay Center for Data Science'),
+        dict(img='google.svg', size='2.25', title='Google'),
+        dict(img='amazon.svg', size='2.5', title='Amazon'),
+        dict(img='czi.svg', size='2.5', title='Chan Zuckerberg Initiative'),
+    ],
     'institutions': [
         dict(name='Massachusetts General Hospital',
              img='MGH.svg',
-             url='https://www.massgeneral.org/'),
+             url='https://www.massgeneral.org/',
+             size=sm),
         dict(name='Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging',
              img='Martinos.png',
-             url='https://martinos.org/'),
+             url='https://martinos.org/',
+             size=md),
         dict(name='Harvard Medical School',
              img='Harvard.png',
-             url='https://hms.harvard.edu/'),
+             url='https://hms.harvard.edu/',
+             size=sm),
         dict(name='Massachusetts Institute of Technology',
              img='MIT.svg',
-             url='https://web.mit.edu/'),
+             url='https://web.mit.edu/',
+             size=md),
         dict(name='New York University',
              img='NYU.png',
-             url='https://www.nyu.edu/'),
+             url='https://www.nyu.edu/',
+             size=xs),
         dict(name='Commissariat à l´énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives',  # noqa E501
              img='CEA.png',
-             url='http://www.cea.fr/'),
+             url='http://www.cea.fr/',
+             size=md),
         dict(name='Aalto-yliopiston perustieteiden korkeakoulu',
              img='Aalto.svg',
-             url='https://sci.aalto.fi/'),
+             url='https://sci.aalto.fi/',
+             size=md),
         dict(name='Télécom ParisTech',
              img='Telecom_Paris_Tech.png',
-             url='https://www.telecom-paris.fr/'),
+             url='https://www.telecom-paris.fr/',
+             size=md),
         dict(name='University of Washington',
              img='Washington.png',
-             url='https://www.washington.edu/'),
+             url='https://www.washington.edu/',
+             size=md),
         dict(name='Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière',
              img='ICM.jpg',
-             url='https://icm-institute.org/'),
+             url='https://icm-institute.org/',
+             size=md),
         dict(name='Boston University',
              img='BU.svg',
-             url='https://www.bu.edu/'),
+             url='https://www.bu.edu/',
+             size=lg),
         dict(name='Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale',
              img='Inserm.svg',
-             url='https://www.inserm.fr/'),
+             url='https://www.inserm.fr/',
+             size=xl),
         dict(name='Forschungszentrum Jülich',
              img='Julich.svg',
-             url='https://www.fz-juelich.de/'),
+             url='https://www.fz-juelich.de/',
+             size=xl),
         dict(name='Technische Universität Ilmenau',
              img='Ilmenau.gif',
-             url='https://www.tu-ilmenau.de/'),
+             url='https://www.tu-ilmenau.de/',
+             size=xl),
         dict(name='Berkeley Institute for Data Science',
              img='BIDS.png',
-             url='https://bids.berkeley.edu/'),
+             url='https://bids.berkeley.edu/',
+             size=lg),
         dict(name='Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique',  # noqa E501
              img='inria.png',
-             url='https://www.inria.fr/'),
+             url='https://www.inria.fr/',
+             size=xl),
         dict(name='Aarhus Universitet',
              img='Aarhus.png',
-             url='https://www.au.dk/'),
+             url='https://www.au.dk/',
+             size=xl),
         dict(name='Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz',
              img='Graz.jpg',
-             url='https://www.uni-graz.at/'),
+             url='https://www.uni-graz.at/',
+             size=md),
     ],
     'carousel': [
         dict(title='Source Estimation',
diff --git a/doc/funding.rst b/doc/funding.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72e5ae2f9e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/funding.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+:orphan:
+
+Funding and other support
+=========================
+
+Development of MNE-Python has been supported by:
+
+.. rst-class:: list-unstyled funders
+
+- |nih| **National Institutes of Health:** R01-EB009048, R01-EB009048, R01-EB006385, R01-HD40712, R01-NS44319, R01-NS37462, R01-NS104585, P41-EB015896, P41-RR14075-06
+- |nsf| **US National Science Foundation:** 0958669, 1042134
+- |erc| **European Research Council:** YStG-263584, YStG-676943
+- |doe| **US Department of Energy:** DE-FG02-99ER62764 (MIND)
+- |anr| **Agence Nationale de la Recherche:** `14-NEUC-0002-01 <https://anr.fr/Project-ANR-14-NEUC-0002>`_, **IDEX** Paris-Saclay `11-IDEX-0003-02 <https://anr.fr/ProjetIA-11-IDEX-0003>`_
+- |cds| **Paris-Saclay Center for Data Science:** `PARIS-SACLAY <http://www.datascience-paris-saclay.fr>`_
+- |goo| **Google:** Summer of code (×6)
+- |ama| **Amazon:** AWS Research Grants
+- |czi| **Chan Zuckerberg Initiative:** `EOSS2 <https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/proposals/improving-usability-of-core-neuroscience-analysis-tools-with-mne-python>`_
+
+
+Additionally, many universities or research institutions have supported their employees’ contributions to MNE-Python as part of normal work duties. These institutions are:
+
+- `Massachusetts General Hospital <https://www.massgeneral.org/>`_
+- `Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging <https://martinos.org/>`_
+- `Harvard Medical School <https://hms.harvard.edu/>`_
+- `Massachusetts Institute of Technology <https://web.mit.edu/>`_
+- `New York University <https://www.nyu.edu/>`_
+- `Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives <http://www.cea.fr/>`_
+- `Aalto-yliopiston perustieteiden korkeakoulu <https://sci.aalto.fi/>`_
+- `Télécom ParisTech <https://www.telecom-paris.fr/>`_
+- `University of Washington <https://www.washington.edu/>`_
+- `Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière <https://icm-institute.org/>`_
+- `Boston University <https://www.bu.edu/>`_
+- `Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale <https://www.inserm.fr/>`_
+- `Forschungszentrum Jülich <https://www.fz-juelich.de/>`_
+- `Technische Universität Ilmenau <https://www.tu-ilmenau.de/>`_
+- `Berkeley Institute for Data Science <https://bids.berkeley.edu/>`_
+- `Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique <https://www.inria.fr/>`_
+- `Aarhus Universitet <https://www.au.dk/>`_
+- `Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz <https://www.uni-graz.at/>`_
+
+.. |nih| image:: _static/funding/nih.png
+.. |nsf| image:: _static/funding/nsf.png
+.. |erc| image:: _static/funding/erc.svg
+.. |doe| image:: _static/funding/doe.svg
+.. |anr| image:: _static/funding/anr.svg
+.. |cds| image:: _static/funding/cds.png
+.. |goo| image:: _static/funding/google.svg
+.. |ama| image:: _static/funding/amazon.svg
+.. |czi| image:: _static/funding/czi.svg