Who this fits
Community foundations, civic funders, schools, youth programs, workforce partners, and organizations funding creative access.
For civic, community, and foundation funders
Fund the first 100 hours of access.
Turn a defined sponsorship into professional studio access, technical support, partner referrals, documented activity, and a report your team can use.
The access gap
Free room time is not the same as creative progress.
Access without a referral path, technical support, or a way to document activity leaves funders with a good story but a weak operating model.
The Hours Bank gives you a concrete block to fund, route, support, and review.
See what each hour includes ↗Inside the access block
Access has a shape.
The Hours Bank turns an abstract sponsorship into a defined environment, support layer, and reporting boundary.
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The offer
Fund structured access.
What your funding unlocks
Recording hours, engineering, community sessions, portfolio projects, release planning, partner coordination, and measurement.
What you can review
Track eligibility, attendance, hours, projects, outputs, referrals, and follow-up against an agreed reporting plan.
Investment
$10K Starter access block · $25K Expanded access and reporting · $50K Named community access fund.
How delivery works
Fund the block, help set eligibility, nominate referral partners, and review renewal.
The mechanism
Make every hour explainable.
A clear access block gives a sponsor a concrete unit to fund and gives the Foundation a practical measurement boundary.
Fund
Define the hours, participants, support, and reporting budget.
Route
Allocate access through vetted partner organizations and eligibility rules.
Support
Pair room time with technical, creative, and next-step support.
Report
Return dated activity and agreed outcome information to the sponsor.
The next step
Put the first 100 hours to work.
Tell us the population, geography, or community partner you want to support. We’ll return the right access brief.
Request the access brief ↗Proposed access model. Hours, eligibility, delivery, funding, site control, and reporting terms require a definitive agreement.