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Start a club

Start the club
your school is missing.

X Impact backs high schoolers with merch and a starter budget to launch the club they wish existed. Free to start, you just bring the idea.

Students running their X Impact club
Why X Impact?

Every school has students with big ideas, and not enough ways to make them real.

X Impact removes the friction: we approve your club, send merch and a starter budget, and back you while you build it.

Your idea. Your club. Funded.

For students

Start something that's yours.

No club for your idea? Start it. We back one founder per category at your school with merch and a budget, so you can lead the thing, not fundraise for it.

A student leading their club
For schools

Real clubs, zero overhead.

We handle the funding and the gear. Your school gets vetted, student-led clubs that actually run, one per category, with no duplicate effort.

Students collaborating at school
The basics

Free, fair and founder-led.

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Categories
Pick a lane

Eight categories. One club each.

We back one club per category at every school. Find the one that fits your idea, or pitch us something new.

Robotics

Build, code and compete. We fund the kit so your team starts strong.

Coding & Tech

Hackathons, apps and sites. Ship real projects with your friends.

Environment

Run the green initiative your school needs: gardens, clean-ups, change.

Entrepreneurship

Start something real. Pitch nights, small ventures, big ideas.

Debate & Speech

Find your voice and argue it well. Tournaments and weekly rounds.

Arts & Design

Zines, murals, film, music. Make your work and show it off.

Community Service

Volunteer with purpose and rally your whole school around a cause.

& more

Got a different idea? Pitch it. New categories open every cohort.

Big ideas, backed

Move your cursor. See what's possible.

The clubs your school has been missing.

How it works

From idea to first meeting.

01

Apply

Tell us your club idea, why it matters to you and what your school needs. One short form.

02

Get approved

We review and back one club per category at each school. If it's you, you're the founder.

03

Launch

We ship your merch and a starter budget for materials. You run the first meeting.

Join the waitlist

Got a club idea? Get on the list.

Applications open school by school. Tell us a little about you and we’ll reach out the moment your school goes live, with everything you need to apply.

  • Free to start, we cover the costs
  • Merch and a starter budget when you’re approved
  • One club per category, per school

No spam. We only email you about starting your club.

Your idea

Start the club.

It’s free, we fund the materials, and you lead it. Join the waitlist and we’ll reach out when applications open at your school.

The starter kit

Everything you need to start.

Get approved and this shows up: gear, funding and the support to actually run it.

Tees + stickers

A merch drop

Branded gear so your club looks official from the very first meeting.

For materials

A starter budget

Real money to buy what your club actually needs to get going.

Step by step

A club playbook

How to recruit members, plan meetings and keep the momentum going.

On call

A mentor

A real person from X Impact to help out whenever you get stuck.

What you could start

Imagine the club you'd start.

Why we exist
β€œWe started X Impact so any student with a good idea can launch the club their school is missing, and never get stopped by a budget.”
The X Impact team

β€œA robotics team that builds, codes and competes regionally.”

Robotics
Founding cohort idea

β€œA green council running clean-ups and a real school garden.”

Environment
Founding cohort idea

β€œA debate squad that travels to its first tournament.”

Debate & Speech
Founding cohort idea

β€œA student venture that sells its very first product.”

Entrepreneurship
Founding cohort idea

β€œA design studio making zines, murals and merch.”

Arts & Design
Founding cohort idea

β€œA service crew rallying the whole school around a cause.”

Community Service
Founding cohort idea
FAQ

How to start a club, answered.

X Impact backs high school students with free merch and a starter budget to start a club, with no fundraising or dues required. Students apply through the X Impact waitlist, get approved, and launch the club their school is missing.

Yes. X Impact is a free program that gives high school students the merch and starter budget to launch a new club, so there is nothing to pay and no membership fees. Applications open school by school through a waitlist.

You do not need money to start a club with X Impact. It gives approved high school founders free merch and a starter budget to get the club off the ground, and you can apply through the X Impact waitlist.

X Impact gives approved high school founders free merch plus a starter budget to launch their club. It is free for students and backs one club per category per school, with applications opening through a waitlist.

X Impact exists to back the club your school is missing, the extracurricular you wish existed. Approved high school founders get free merch and a starter budget, and only one club per category runs per school, so apply through the waitlist to claim it.

X Impact is a free program that backs high school students with merch and a starter budget to launch the club their school is missing. Students apply via the waitlist, get approved, and run one club per category per school, with teachers or staff serving as advisors.

Students apply to X Impact through its online waitlist, since applications open school by school. Once approved, the student founder receives free merch and a starter budget to launch one club per category at their school.

Yes. With X Impact, students are the founders and a teacher or staff member serves as the advisor, while X Impact supplies the free merch and starter budget. Students apply through the waitlist to bring an approved club to their school.