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'''Hack Club''' is a global nonprofit network of high school computer [[Hacker_culture|hacker]]s, [[Maker culture|makers]] and [[Programmer|coders]] |
'''Hack Club''' is a global nonprofit network of high school computer [[Hacker_culture|hacker]]s, [[Maker culture|makers]] and [[Programmer|coders]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-08-02|title=Hack Club: Empowering Students to Tap Into Their Coding Super Power|url=https://www.ffwd.org/blog/tech-nonprofits/hack-club-students-coding-super-power/|access-date=2020-08-22|website=Fast Forward|language=en-US}}</ref> founded in 2014 by Zach Latta. <ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Jackson|first=Abby|title=Meet the 18-year-old who's skipping college to start a club for 'hackers'|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/zach-lattas-hacker-club-got-him-on-forbes-30-under-30-2016-1|access-date=2020-08-22|website=Business Insider}}</ref> It now includes 400 high school clubs and 20,000 students.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hack Club|url=https://hackclub.com/|access-date=2021-10-05|language=en}}</ref> It has been featured on the [[Today (American TV program)|TODAY Show]], and profiled in the ''[[The Wall Street Journal|Wall Street Journal]]''<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jargon|first=Julie|date=2019-10-01|title=Teen Hackers Try to Convince Parents They Are Up to Good|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/teen-hackers-try-to-convince-parents-they-are-up-to-good-11569922200|access-date=2020-08-22|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> and many other publications. |
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== Programs == |
== Programs == |
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Revision as of 17:20, 2 July 2023
The Hack Foundation | |
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| Founder | Zach Latta |
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| Type | 501(c)(3) organization |
| 81-2908499 | |
| Purpose | STEM Education |
| Headquarters | Shelburne, Vermont |
| Members | 20,000 |
COO | Christina Asquith |
Tech & Creative Lead | Max Wofford |
| Staff | 14[1] |
| Website | https://hackclub.com, https://the.hackfoundation.org |
Hack Club is a global nonprofit network of high school computer hackers, makers and coders[2] founded in 2014 by Zach Latta. [3] It now includes 400 high school clubs and 20,000 students.[4] It has been featured on the TODAY Show, and profiled in the Wall Street Journal[5] and many other publications.
Programs
Hack Club's primary focus is its clubs program, in which it supports high school coding clubs through learning resources and mentorship. It also runs / has run a series of other programs and events.
A few notable programs and events are:
- Hack Club Bank - a fiscal sponsorship program originally targeted at high school hacker events
- AMAs - video calls with industry experts such as Elon Musk[6] and Vitalik Buterin[7]
- Summer of Making - a collaboration with GitHub, Adafruit & Arduino to create an online summer program for teenagers during the COVID-19 pandemic that included $50k in hardware donations to teen hackers around the world[8]
- The Hacker Zephyr - a cross-country hackathon on a train across America. [9]
- Assemble - the first high school hackathon in San Francisco since the pandemic, with the stated goal of "kick[ing] off a hackathon renaissance".[10]
- Epoch - A global high schooler-led hackathon in Delhi NCR organised in public to inspire the community of student hackers and bring hundreds of teenagers together.[2]
- Winter Hardware Wonderland - An online winter program where teenagers submit ideas for hardware projects and, if accepted, get grants of up to $250.[3]
Funding
Hack Club is funded by grants from philanthropic organizations and donations from individual supporters. In 2019, GitHub Education provided cash grants of up to $500 to every Hack Club "hackathon" event.[11] In May 2020, GitHub committed to a $50K hardware fund, globally alongside Arduino and Adafruit, to deliver hardware tools directly to students’ homes with a program named Hack Club Summer of Making.[12] In 2020, Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation donated $500,000 to help expand Hack Club,[13] and donated another $1,000,000 in 2021.[14] In 2022, Tom and Theresa Preston-Werner donated $500,000 to Hack Club.[15]
References
- ^ "Team - Hack Club". Hack Club. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ a b "Hack Club: Empowering Students to Tap Into Their Coding Super Power". Fast Forward. 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ a b Jackson, Abby. "Meet the 18-year-old who's skipping college to start a club for 'hackers'". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "Hack Club". Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- ^ Jargon, Julie (2019-10-01). "Teen Hackers Try to Convince Parents They Are Up to Good". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "Watch Elon Musk's AMA with Hack Club Students". 17 May 2020.
- ^ Hack Club AMA w/ Vitalik Buterin, retrieved 2022-06-07
- ^ "Introducing Hack Club's Summer of Making". 28 May 2020.
- ^ "🚂 the Hacker Zephyr". GitHub. 10 December 2021.
- ^ "🌁 Assemble". GitHub. 10 December 2021.
- ^ "GitHub and Hack Club team up to bring more computer science resources to high schools". The GitHub Blog. 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "Introducing Hack Club's Summer of Making". The GitHub Blog. 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "ElonMusk and The Musk Foundation donated $500,000 to Hack Club". Tech News | Startups News. 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "Elon Musk's $1M Donation". Hack Club. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
- ^ "Tom and Theresa Preston-Werner are Giving $500K". Hack Club. Retrieved 2022-06-07.