HCB Brand Guidelines#

Last updated: 2024-08-31

This page is adopted from the official Brand Guidelines for HCB / Hack Club for the use of HCB badges at lorebooks.wiki Badges API and our use of them when mentioning our fiscal sponsorship status.

The HCB Name#

When using or mentioning HCB, please make sure to:

  • Capitalize every letter of HCB

  • Refrain from adding/removing additional characters and words (e.g. ‘Hack Club HCB’)

  • Refrain from using our previous name, “Hack Club Bank”. (tl;dr: legal reasons relating to how to use the word bank)

As a reminder, HCB is a fiscal host, not a bank! They use Column to programmatically manage our organization’s funds through a “restricted fund”—a privatized section of these bank accounts for our team only—is created for our organization through the platform. They also use Stripe Issuing

Fiscal sponsorship (for squad members and community maintainers)#

Do not do this yet!

We’re currently in the onboarding process and we expect to sign a fiscal sponsorship agreement in a foreseekable future. In the meanwhile, please do not mention this anywhere else.

As a open-source organization fiscally sponsored through HCB, the following templates can be included on any correspondence, websites, marketing, etc.

Should you customize them please make sure it clearly shares that we’re fiscally sponsored by HCB. When in doubt, chime into our issue tracker for HCB or email hcb@hackclub.com with CCing ajhalili2006@crew.recaptime.dev.

Markdown#

Recap Time Squad is [fiscally sponsored](https://hackclub.com/fiscal-sponsorship) by [The Hack Foundation](https://hackfoundation.org) (d.b.a. [Hack Club](https://hackclub.com)), a 501(c)(3) US nonprofit (EIN: 81-2908499).

Plain-text email signature#

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<Your Name>
<Community Maintainer|Squad member>, Recap Time Squad
https://recaptime.dev | <your-website-here>

Recap Time Squad is fiscally sponsored by The Hack Foundation (d.b.a. Hack Club), a 501(c)(3) US nonprofit (EIN: 81-2908499). (Learn more: https://hackclub.com/fiscal-sponsorship)

HCB Logos#

These are accessible via Storj DCS over at https://meta.cdn.lorebooks.wiki/branding/thirdparty/hackclub for ease of access.

Guidelines#

For the crew#

DO:

  • Use the HCB logo to link to HCB’s page (https://hackclub.com/hcb).

  • Use the HCB logo to link to our organization’s HCB page (https://hcb.hackclub.com/recaptime-dev and related projects), provided that your organization has transparency mode enabled.

  • Use the HCB logo to show that your organization is fiscally sponsored by HCB.

  • Use the HCB logo in blog posts, news articles, or social media posts about Hack Club or HCB.

  • Use the HCB name in correspondence/websites/marketing materials/etc. to state that your organization is fiscally sponsored, or, for donation and payment purposes, is a financial platform related to your fiscal sponsorship status (e.g. “donate to us using HCB”).

DON’T:

  • Use the HCB or Hack Club logo/name in any way that implies endorsement of your organization beyond fiscal sponsorship, unless such usage has been approved by HCB.

  • Use the HCB logo as your organization’s logo.

  • Integrate the HCB logo into your organization’s logo.

  • Sell any HCB artwork without permission from Hack Club.

  • Modify the original aspect ratio of the HCB logo (icon/badge) in any way, aside from resizing while maintaining the same aspect ratio.

  • Modify the name other than what is specified in these guidelines

  • Crowd the area around the HCB logo. The margins around all sides of the logo should be at least 1/2 the height of the logo (e.g. 32px tall icon should have 16px of margins on all sides)

  • Display the HCB logo smaller than 24px in height/width, OR; (PNG icon only) larger than 512px in height/width.

  • Display the HCB logo smaller than 144px wide and 36px tall or the point where the text becomes illegible, whichever is larger, OR; (PNG badge only) larger than 768px wide and 192px tall.

For users of HCB badges#

By using the HCB badges, you agree to follow the brand guidelines as mentioned above and your fiscal sponsorship agreement with HCB alongside these additional terms:

  • Only organizations and events fiscally hosted by HCB can use these badges. For organizations fiscally hosted by those using Open Collective platform, among others, should look at [shields.io website] for available badges.

  • Link the badge either to your HCB organization if transparency mode is enabled or to the donation page.

  • You CANNOT modify the badge logo as per the icon usage guidelines as seen above.