Support IDEA Hacks 2026!
| Rank | State | Gifts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CA | 1 |
| 1 | LA | 1 |
| 2 | AA | 0 |
Ed
Wong
$210
3 days ago
Theo
Zhang
$50
3 days ago
$10
Buy a hackers passives
Breadboards, jumpers, and resistors your donation will sponsor the rudimentary pieces need for our backers builds. You will be giving them the bones of their project, they would not have a project without you!
$25
Buy advanced parts
Without some sensors and integrated circuits our hackers would not be able to do much more than move electrons from point A to B. With your donation we can start controlling motors, detecting motion, light in the room, water, even DUST and start displaying some pictures, you give our hackers projects character and functionality
$50
Sponsor a projects brain
Hardware on its own is great but the only way to get the most out of it is with some software. With your donation we can afford microcontrollers for our hackers to wire into their projects to act as a brain. Thanks to you our hackers will be able to make their wildest dreams a reality!
$100
Feed a hacker
36 hours of nonstop hacking is no joke. We want to make sure our competitors have four guaranteed meals over the course of the competition as well as all the snacks and energy drinks they deem necessary to fuel their creativity, soldering iron, and development environment.
$250
Sponsor a prize
While hacking and creating something from scratch is reward enough, a tangible reward certainly does not hurt. We pride ourselves on being able to give a prize to each member of the top three teams AND the winners of our three themed tracks, and with your donation we can make that a possibility.
$500
Keeping the lights on
We are lucky enough to be able to host IDEA Hacks on campus in a venue we can stay in for the entire 36 hours, but to make that happen as well as supply our hackers with electricity, Wi-Fi, and a place to work does not come cheap. With your donation we can be sure hackers would not have to worry about any nonelectrical elements.
$1,000
All of the above and more
IDEA Hacks is a huge event and putting it on requires a dedicated and multifaceted team. But even beyond that it requires resources that we alone do not have access to. With your immensely generous donation we would be a good chunk of the way to not only making this event a reality but have it exceed our wildest dreams and we simply would not be able to do that without you!