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For Organizers

Run the event. Skip the paperwork.

If you're organizing meetups, hackathons, pitch nights, conferences, or any other startup-related service in WNY, you can power it with BootSector. We provide the infrastructure so you can provide the value to founders.

Existing Organizers

Move under the umbrella.

You already have a community. We'll take the continuity, legal, accounting, and technology work off your hands.

  • +Insurance for events & volunteers
  • +Banking, W-9, 501(c)(3) backing
  • +Ticketing, comms, accounting
  • +Successor-in-trust if life changes
Bring your group
New Organizers

Start your first event.

Tell us what you want to run. We'll fund the first one, plug you into 5,000+ builders, and help you build the playbook.

  • +Small grant for your first event
  • +Proven format · venue checklist
  • +Promo through Slack + newsletter
  • +Pipeline to recurring sponsors
Pitch your idea
Existing fund or program

Add fiscal sponsorship.

Got a small grant program, scholarship, or pass-through fund? We'll be the umbrella: auditable, transparent, ledgered.

  • +501(c)(3) status and governance
  • +Accessible accounting, accountable reporting
  • +Pass-through to recipients you choose
  • +Small direct grants to community-led groups
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How money moves through BootSector

One check. Many events. Receipts attached.

It's hard to raise money for a small community event: a $200 donation might cost a corporation $2,000 in labor to approve. So most events go unfunded. We solve it by letting donors write one larger check a year, then deploying it across the community in $200 grants — one approval, dozens of events powered.

Sponsor
Corporate donors
One annual check. One approval cycle.
BootSector
The umbrella
tax exempt · 501(c)(3) backing · W-9 ready · audited books
203 events powered
Buffalo Open Coffee Club, Pitch Hamburg, WNY48, Good Neighbor Fund, …
Contracts signed. Insurance handled. Receipts logged.
$751k+
deployed to WNY events
203
events powered
9
groups powered
15,038
community participants
Powered by BootSector

The organizations we power.

Meet the independent organizers that power their own programs through BootSector. We provide the back-office support that lets these leaders focus on enabling founders.

More ways in

Two more reasons people land here.

If you're not bringing a community to us, you're probably here for one of these.

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Become a sponsor

One annual partnership funds dozens of WNY events. Quarterly impact report. Live ledger. Brand on signage. Real names, real receipts.

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