Hack Club is the world’s largest network of high schoolers learning to code through tinkering and building projects, together.Learn how to start a coding club at your high school through Hack Club. Get programming club ideas, curriculum, activities, and more.
Launched on June 4th, 2020
Was a game changer for my small organization. kidney.wiki is a pediatric kidney medicine education website that actually has nothing to do with hacking, but it was still eligible for fiscal sponsorship through HCB. The cost of starting and maintaining a 501(c)(3) would have used up our entire bankroll. Fiscal sponsorship with HCB enabled us to accept tax-deductible donations and the platform allows us to manage our finances with simplicity and reliability. The %-based fee structure is very fair and does not continuously leech away funds. Highly recommend to anyone who needs fiscal sponsorship for their organization.
They were a gift when our other fiscal sponsor suddenly shut down. They helped us keep our community moving, continue to collect tax-deductible donations, and pay contractors easily. We would not exist today if we hadn't found Hack Club and we really love the design and simplicity of their platform, and their commitment to not host groups or orgs that harm the planet (aka fossil fuel orgs).
Fire. The best financial tool ever made for teenagers. You can create your own virtual & physical cards for FREE! Send wires, ACH, mail checks, and invoices. It has a built in donation page to make stuff easier. You can even reimburse yourself if payments aren’t accepted! As a teenager this helped countless organizations I’ve made to help fundraise and manage our finances
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@manucodes omg this is actually genius! (☆▽☆)
wish i had this back in school, would have saved so many headaches.
trying to get bank stuff sorted for our anime club was a nightmare lol. this looks way easier than dealing with old banks or even some fintechs not built for this.
like, instant 501c3 status? thats wild. is it really that fast? 🤔
really removes a big blocker for students wanting to build cool things. love the open source part too.
great job team, congrats on the launch!!
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This is a maximally good thing!!!
As students, we "were required" to study and not earn money but at the same time they wanted us to be active (which is usually done by building your projects – but you need funding or something that helps you start besides knowledge you need to earn along the way).
Hopefully, something like this gets to Europe and specifically into some countries.
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@busmark_w_nika Thank you! A lot of our features have definitely grown out of necessity; our goal is to reduce the barrier to entry as much as possible to encourage more people to drive positive change. Starting a nonprofit is a great way for students to make an impact, and it also gives them a chance to learn and demonstrate their skill. In the current world, there's too much friction, and teens are discouraged from taking time away from school to run projects. HCB changes this by providing them everything they need within 24 hours of applying.
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Didn't you have any issues with bureaucracy due to this project? Because if we wanted to make something like this in Europe (Slovakia), it would take a village :D
This is the best piece of banking software I have ever used.
The incredibly quick support is awesome, so is the fact that you are fiscally sponsored by a legitimate organization with minimal fees, the fact it’s open sourced and anyone can see how it was made, the fact it makes so many opportunities available for students where they can have cards and bank accounts for their org without the crazy admin that goes into it otherwise, I’m planning my third hackathon on HCB, and it has hands down made my life so much easier.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone who has made HCB such an awesome piece of software. (Sorry for the rant lol)