Build your IRL Club
Turn your meetups into thriving clubs—where members join, contribute, and keep the vibes alive! Build a club. Build IRL.
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SF Joiners Week ~
SF Joiners Week ~
Build IRL Spring Cohort Showcase
30 Club Pitches … Club Bazaar … more! 🎉
Apr 30 | Shack 15 | 5.30 pm
SF Joiner's Week
by Build IRL x The Commons
Discover SF clubs. Celebrate IRL builders.
Apr 22 - 25 | The Commons SF
A few contributing members & supporters can make a club unstoppable.
We believe that IRL communities matter and that the work of bringing people together is valuable.
IRL communities feel like magic — but they don’t come together by magic✨.
When communities directly contribute, celebrate and support the people who bring them together — magic happens!
That’s exactly what we’re building — a platform to make it happen. Let’s build IRL🚀
Club Landing Page
Build the ultimate hype page for folks to join your club!
Show the world what you’re about —
pick a dope template, drop in photos, and show off your awesome members.
Make it official, make it fun, make it yours! 🎉
Curate who joins.
Your club is only as strong as its people—
so shape it your way. 💫
🙌Define what membership means
📋Add intake forms for more info
✨Manage recruitment — limited spots, cohorts, waitlists
Your club, your vibe.
Build your club with your people.
We’re all about communities that come together to sustain what they love—and support the IRL builders who make it all happen. 🎉
Launch Member Dues—No Awkwardness, Just Support 🎉
💳 Seamless payments with Stripe
🔄 Membership plans and contributions
🛠️ Members stay in control—cancel anytime, no pressure
Because keeping your club alive shouldn’t feel weird.
Join the community of IRL builders who care.
Be part of a tight-knit network of club builders who experiment, learn, and build together.
💡 Get real peer advice on launching your club, introducing dues, designing for belonging and more …
🤝 Access exclusive perks—partnerships, venue hookups & sponsorship deals.
When IRL wins, we all win. 🎉
Build with us:
Tech Platform
Our beta platform is invite-only, so fill out this form to be considered for early access!🚀
IRL Accelerator
🚀 Spring 2025 applications closed!
Cohort program for club builders in SF to experiment, learn, and build with peers.
Club Microgrants, supported by Hinge One More Hour
We’re offering $2,000 microgrants to in-person clubs in the SF Bay Area to explore ways to become sustainable.
More info and FAQs here.
Mar 24, 2025 – Applications Deadline
Our Goal
Make it 10x easier to start, fund & run IRL social clubs.
Community builders are the unsung heroes of the loneliness crisis.
Dear IRL builders,
You rock.
You pour hundreds of invisible hours behind the scenes to bring people together — often alone without resources. 80% can’t even cover costs!
You are burning out and you wonder if anyone cares.
We care. We’re here to celebrate and support you in this work. Now, more than ever, we need you and we need many more like you.
Let’s build IRL together.
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