KCD New York
Since 2024 · New York, NY
Kubernetes Community Day, New York City. 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions. Next edition June 2027.
501(c)(3) non-profit · New York and Egypt
The engine behind community-run cloud conferences
You bring the community and the content. We become your legal and financial home: contracts, insurance, sponsor invoicing and payments, all handled under our 501(c)(3).
3Years running
4Conferences powered
1,000+Attendees reached
Who handles whatA typical community conference
Legal entity and bank accountUs
Venue and vendor contractsUs
Sponsor invoicing and collectionUs
Event insuranceUs
Ticketing payouts and refundsUs
Tax filings and complianceUs
Program, speakers and communityYou
The day itselfYou
What we do
Three things every community event needs and no volunteer wants to do
We take the legal, financial and operational load so organizers can spend their energy on the program and the people.
Fiscal sponsorship
Your event operates under our 501(c)(3). We sign the contracts, hold the money, carry the insurance and file the paperwork.
How sponsorship worksEvent operations
Venue coordination, vendor management, ticketing and the run-of-show playbook we have refined across four conferences.
What is includedCommunity growth
We connect sponsors, speakers and attendees across our events, so each new community starts with a network.
Join the network How it works
From an idea to a funded event in four steps
Fiscal sponsorship in practice, from the first conversation to the closed books.
- Step 1
Bring your event
Tell us about the community, the format and the budget. We check fit with our mission and the calendar.
- Step 2
We become the legal home
A sponsorship agreement puts your event under our 501(c)(3). You get a dedicated fund, a bank account and insurance coverage.
- Step 3
We run the money and paperwork
Sponsor contracts and invoices, venue and vendor payments, ticket revenue and refunds, all tracked in your fund with regular statements.
- Step 4
You run the show
Program, speakers, volunteers and the day. After the event we close the books and roll the surplus into next year.
Read the full guide No upfront cost. Fee terms depend on the event; ask us.
Use case
How KCD New York reached 900+ attendees in three editions
In 2024 a group of volunteer organizers wanted to bring Kubernetes Community Days to New York. They had the speakers and the audience. They did not have a legal entity, a bank account or a way to invoice sponsors.
Cloud Community Labs became the event's fiscal sponsor. We signed the venue, collected sponsorships, carried the insurance and paid the vendors. The organizers ran the program. Three editions on, KCD New York has reached more than 900 attendees.
3Editions
900+Attendees to date
What we handled
- Venue contract and deposit
- Sponsor agreements and invoicing
- Event liability insurance
- Ticketing revenue, payouts and refunds
- Year-end accounting and tax filing
Our events
All events and dates Communities we power
Each event has its own organizing team and its own site. We are the organization behind them.
KCD New York
Since 2024 · New York, NY
Kubernetes Community Day, New York City. 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions. Next edition June 2027.
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2027 calendar
Full calendar Four events in 2027
KCD Cairo and KCD New York are both listed in the CNCF's first-half 2027 announcement. Two more are in planning.
KCD Cairo 2027
April 2027 · Cairo
KCD New York 2027
June 2027 · New York, NY
2027 · To be announced
Two more events
Dates and cities follow once the organizing teams confirm them.
Get notified Get involved
Four ways in
Organizers, sponsors, speakers and volunteers each have a direct route in.
Sponsors
Reach practitioners across our events with one agreement and one invoice.
Request the prospectusSpeakers
Share real implementation stories. Calls for proposals are announced per event.
See the events Impact
Built by practitioners, accountable to the community
Every event fund is accounted for separately and reported to its organizing team. We are practitioners who have organized these events ourselves.
1,000+Attendees reached
4Conferences
50+Speakers featured
About
A non-profit founded by organizers, for organizers
Cloud Community Labs was founded in 2024 to close the gap between cloud technology and the communities that use it. We believe education should be accessible, communities inclusive and knowledge sharing encouraged at every level.
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Planning an event, sponsoring one, or looking to speak? One email reaches the whole team.