# Hack Club Hack Club is the world's largest nonprofit movement of teenagers making things with code. A 501(c)(3) headquartered in Vermont, it supports more than 1,500 in-person clubs at high schools, a massive online community, and a year-round calendar of hackathons and build events — all completely free: "Hack Club is free for every teenager, forever." ## What You'll Do - Join or start a Hack Club at your school, where members build real projects instead of sitting through lectures — no prerequisites required - Ship software and hardware projects through seasonal global events (recent examples include multi-week summer build events, game jams, and in-person hackathons) - Collaborate in a Slack community with tens of thousands of teen makers worldwide - Run real team finances through HCB, Hack Club's fiscal-sponsorship platform that lets teen-led projects accept donations under a genuine 501(c)(3) umbrella - Get free access to premium developer tools through the community toolbox ## Who Should Apply Any teenager aged 13-18 who wants to build things with code, from first-time programmers to experienced developers — and especially students who want leadership experience by founding a club at their school. ## Outcomes Hack Clubbers graduate with shipped projects, hackathon wins, club-founder leadership experience, and connections in a global network of technical teens — at zero cost, on a join-anytime basis with no application deadline.