HCB-specific guidelines

How to talk about our fiscal hosting status

As one of the fiscally hosted organizations by Hack Club, we

For the official guidance on how to use HCB brand assets alongside our own HCB badges through Community Lorebooks' Badges API service from the HCB team, visit hcb.hackclub.com/branding. When in doubt, don't hesitate to reach out to Andrei Jiroh or the HCB team.

Stating fiscal sponsorship status

While the default format from the official guidelines (shown below)

Recap Time Squad/Community Lorebooks is fiscally sponsored by The Hack Foundation (d.b.a. Hack Club), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN: 81-2908499).

On using "fiscal host" vs "fiscal sponsor"

Since our fiscal sponsor is based in the United States, it uses the legal term "fiscal sponsor" to state our legal status as a fiscally sponsored organization. In Open Collective's UI and documentation, it uses the more generalized term "fiscal host" because many countries (especially in Europe) use different terms than what is typically used in the US.