Founding Cohort '26

The orgs we're building this with.

Five hometown organizations beta'd the operating system with us — and locked in free access to every future add-on, forever, before a single one goes paid. This is who they are.

Roster

0 of 5 founding spots filled

Founding organizations

Selection in progress.

We're reviewing applications now. The roster fills in here as orgs are accepted.

Coming soon

Acceptances are still rolling out.

Each accepted org appears here within a day of confirming. Check back soon.

The promise

Free. Forever. In writing.

The same commitment every founding org signed up under.

Locked in

Free for as long as you run on us.

The Core platform is free for every org on HometownLift — donors cover the 5% platform fee at checkout, so your org keeps 100% of every gift. Every founding org also keeps free access to every paid add-on plan we ever release (Event Mode, Operations Pro, Complete, and anything we add later), for the life of the organization. We don't reserve the right to change it.

On the record

Your name lives in the product.

Listed here on the public roster and tagged inside the platform. The badge doesn't expire.

Direct line

Your feedback ships the roadmap.

Weekly check-ins with the founders. Your honest critique is the whole point of the cohort.

All spots filled

The Founding Cohort is closed.

Anyone can use the free starter plan at hometownlift.com today. If we open another cohort, we'll announce it here first.