About Sidekick Forms
Built by people who got tired of chasing paper.
We’re a small team that spent years building software for schools and nonprofits — and watching good people drown in forms anyway.
The founder story
We kept meeting the same person.
She was a school office manager in Oakland with eleven tabs open: a form builder her district bought, a document tool from the county, and a signature app she paid for out of a discretionary budget. None of them talked to each other. All of them charged per seat.
Before Sidekick, our founder Sam spent twelve years building software for schools and nonprofits — including a family-engagement platform used by more than 400 schools. The pattern was always the same: the people doing the most important work had the least time, the smallest budget, and the worst tools.
So we built the opposite. One tool that builds the form, merges the answers, and collects the signature. One flat price. Unlimited team members, because the principal and the parent coordinator shouldn’t be a line item.
Sam Ortega, founderStill answers support email on Tuesdays.
How we got here
A short, honest timeline.
2019
Sam builds a volunteer sign-up tool for a food bank. It’s supposed to be a weekend project.
2022
Two hundred schools and nonprofits use the forms. Every one of them asks for signatures next.
2025
Sidekick Forms launches with one promise: build, merge, sign — one tool, one price.
Today
Founding members are shaping the roadmap. Every feature request gets read by a human the same week.
What we believe
Three rules we don’t break.
You’re the hero
We’re the sidekick. Our job is to make you look organized, not to become another dashboard you have to check.
One price, no games
No per-seat billing, no “contact sales,” no feature you need locked behind an enterprise tier.
Fast is a feature
If a volunteer needs a tutorial, we built it wrong. Four minutes from link to signature is the bar.
Come be a founding member
Help us build the last paperwork tool you’ll ever buy.
Founding members get the lowest price we’ll ever offer, and a direct line to the people building it.