Launch League Backers
Help us keep opportunity free.
Launch League is free for students. If you believe young people deserve practical opportunities to build something of their own, help us keep it that way.
Be the first to back Launch League.
Backers are people who believe young people should have practical opportunities to build businesses, careers and stronger communities.
What your support helps fund
- Keeping student access free
- Technology and curriculum
- Student awards and prizes
- Community pitch events
- Mentors and judges
- Workshops and boot camps
- Bringing the program into more Ontario communities
We won't tell you that a given amount pays for exactly one student, because we cannot substantiate that. What we can say is that your support helps keep taking part free and helps the program reach further.
Why this isn't a donation
Launch League is a for-profit company, on purpose. It means we can move quickly, take on paid work that funds the free work, and keep going without living grant to grant. It also means a payment here is not a charitable gift, and we would rather say that plainly than let anyone find out later.
$5 to $2,000. For more than that, please get in touch — a commitment that size deserves an agreement, not a button.
Backing isn't switched on quite yet. The page is here so you can see exactly what it will do and where the money goes — come back shortly.
Launch League is a for-profit company. Support payments are not charitable donations, are not tax deductible, and no charitable tax receipt is issued.
Payments are handled by Stripe; we never see your card details. Monthly backing can be cancelled any time from the receipt Stripe emails you, or by writing to admin@launchleague.ca.
Three ways to help
Twenty-five dollars and twenty-five thousand are different things
Somebody putting in $25 should not have to fill in a sponsorship form, and somebody funding a whole region should not go through a payment button. So they don't.
Backers
One-off or monthly, straight through this page. No forms, no meeting, no invoice.
Community partners
A business or organization funding a named award, an event, or a program in its own community. Starts with a conversation.
Major and regional partners
Funding a region, a full program or a competition category across Ontario. An agreement, not a button.
Other ways, no money involved
Backing isn't only money
Several of these are worth more to a student than a cheque.
- Judge an entryRead a student's plan and write them real feedback. A few hours, once a year.
- Mentor a young founderAnswer the questions they can't ask an adult they know.
- Bring it to your schoolFree for teachers, and the fastest way to reach students at all.
- Nominate someone for Serve FirstPoint us at a neighbour who could use a hand.
Where you can see it going
Everything we run is listed publicly, labelled as running or still being built, with nothing pretending to be further along than it is. Free from age 12.
Launch League is a for-profit company. Support payments are not charitable donations, are not tax deductible, and no charitable tax receipt is issued.