Mohamad Mortada Mohamad Mortada Dec 2, 2025
I’m Mohamad, a 17-year-old from the SF Bay Area, and I just shipped the official mobile app for HCB.
If you haven't heard of it, HCB is the financial backbone for over 6,500 teenager-led nonprofits, clubs, and hackathons. We provide 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, access to a bank account, a donation collection platform, and debit cards for thousands of young people trying to do good in their communities.
HCB is currently processing an average of $6 million per month (over $80M in its lifetime). For the last year, I’ve led the project to build the first-ever mobile app for this entire community.
The entire project is open source on GitHub (we'd love a ⭐️!).
Why build this?
These teenagers are running run robotics teams, hackathons, and nonprofit projects that improve their community. They need a way to manage their organization's finances from their pocket. With HCB Mobile, they'll be able to:
Track their organization's balance and transactions on the go.
and transactions on the go. Accept in-person tap-to-pay donations , perfect for an in-person fundraiser or event! No extra hardware required. Just tap any credit/debit card against your phone.
, perfect for an in-person fundraiser or event! No extra hardware required. Just tap any credit/debit card against your phone. Issue new debit cards , add them to Apple / Google Wallet , and freeze or cancel them directly from their phone.
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